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bubba

noun
/ˈbʌbə/

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of brother or bub, said by a young child not yet able to pronounce brother properly, but note similar terms in other Germanic languages derived from Proto-Germanic *bō-, *bō-, such as West Frisian bobbe, German Bube (“boy”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”), English babe, Dutch boef (“mischievous lad, rascal”), Middle Low German bōve, and Icelandic bófi. Also compare sissy.

  1. derived from bófi
  2. derived from bōve
  3. derived from boef — “mischievous lad, rascal”
  4. derived from babe
  5. derived from babbe — “little boy”
  6. derived from Bube — “boy”
  7. derived from bobbe
  8. derived from *bō-✻

Definitions

  1. Brother

    Brother; used as term of familiar address.

    • "Hey, bubba, is that really you? Goddamn. I haven't heard from you in a coon's age." / "Don't 'hey, bubba' me, you sonofabitch.

  2. A working-class white male from the southern US, stereotyped as loutish.

    • Their subjects were not bubbas from the bayous but affluent students at the University of Michigan who had lived in the South for at least six years.

  3. The stereotypical white male

    The stereotypical white male; John Doe.

    • German businesses wonder what Otto Normalverbraucher will buy, while US politicians fret over who Bubba will vote for in the next US election.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A generic nickname for any white male.

      • Watch it, Bubba!

    2. A nickname for a brother, usually the eldest brother and initially used only by young…

      A nickname for a brother, usually the eldest brother and initially used only by young children before sometimes spreading to become a person's general adult nickname.

    3. A personification of prison rape, especially as a righteous punishment.

      • Amato is quoted in the order as telling him he was setting himself up “to be Bubba’s new best girlfriend at the state penitentiary.”
      • If you put hands on an ICE officer, you should be prosecuted, get sent to jail, and get to spend some quality time with Bubba.

    4. Alternative form of bubba (a white male Southerner).

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Derived

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