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bubbe

[buhb-uh, buhb-ee, boo-buh, boo-bee]

noun

Yiddish.
  1. (used as a title or term of address) grandmother.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of bubbe1

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish bobe, from Polish baba
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Example Sentences

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Would your bubbe like a side of merch with that gefilte fish?

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NATTIV: It was Gideon Meir, her grandson, who said to me, ‘I see Helen as my grandmother. I see her as Bubbe.’

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"It's Chanukkah, Bubbe, I don't have time for deep thoughts: just latkes, dreidels and menorahs."

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Amy Irving plays Isabelle Grossman, a bookseller whose bubbe on the Lower East Side turns to a matchmaker to find love for her granddaughter.

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“She also brings along four of her characters, which she plays herself: bubbe Lorraine; Bella, a sex-work studies major; Rashid, an Uber driver; and Nereida, a women’s rights advocate. The quartet provide comic relief, and more.”

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