bobo

[boh-boh]

noun

plural

bobos 

1. Informal.,  a liberal, highly educated person who combines a bourgeois, affluent lifestyle with nonconformist values and attitudes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bobo¹

1995-2000; bo(urgeois) ¹ + bo(hemian); from the book Bobos in Paradise by U.S. journalist David Brooks

Example Sentences

Davidtz gets great mileage out of watching Bobo tramp around ordering Sarah to fix her something to eat.

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Bobo belongs in the pantheon of filmland’s savage moppets next to “Aliens’” Newt and “The Road Warrior’s” Feral Kid.

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The pull of the film lies in how Davidtz allows Bobo to bob on the surface of things while we feel the dark undertow.

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Bobo’s father and mother are on edge.

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Bobo pesters the grown-ups with tons of pushy questions.

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