bobo

American  

[boh-boh] / ˈboʊ boʊ /

noun

plural

bobos

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

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Etymology

Origin of bobo

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

Example Sentences

Both Mora y Araujo and Balague point out that the insult Messi chose for Weghorst - "bobo" - is a word that only "kids use".

From BBC • May 29, 2023

Isabel Marant’s collection had the designer’s typical bobo favourites – padded jackets, floral prints, frilly sandals – but a short red metallic dress had the shot of sheen that nodded to the glamour decade.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2016

While I love quirky Victorian houses as much as the next bobo, aesthetic considerations can’t justify the fact that San Francisco has become an oversize gated community.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2014

Skip the bobo drinks and hydrate the traditional way with hot tea – or just the broth from the pho.

From US News • Sep. 20, 2013

Hence it was in no pleasant voice that she called to Timoteo, when he at last made his appearance between the bony gate-posts: "Hombre bobo, thou must go for the cow tonight!"

From Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East by Bamford, Mary E. (Mary Ellen)