bubby
Meanings
noun
- A woman's breast.
noun
- Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.
noun
- Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”).
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Etymology
Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).
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