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bambosh

noun

Etymology

From bamboozle and bosh.

Definitions

  1. Humbug

    Humbug; deceptive nonsense.

  2. Silliness and revelry.

    • Some Creole observers have described the post-Duvalier period as diyari demokratik (democratic diarrhea) or bambosh demokrasi (revelry of democracy).
    • Yes, the bambosh dance is still danced until the dancers, wildly drunk on clairine vanish into the surrounding blackness to capture the partner of their choice.

  3. To bamboozle

    To bamboozle; to deceive with nonsense.

    • Those who play and pay go to extraordinary lengths to be bamboshed.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for bambosh. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA