bobo

Meanings

1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
2. A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician).
3. An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.

1. A boo-boo (a minor injury).

1. A people indigenous to Burkina Faso, Africa.

1. Alternative letter-case form of bobo (“a bourgeois-bohemian”).

1. A surname.

1. A barangay of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.

Etymology

Blend of bourgeois + bohemian, popularized by American journalist, commentator and editor David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.