Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly Southern U.S. Slang Brother.
- n. Slang A white working-class man of the southern United States, stereotypically regarded as uneducated and gregarious with his peers.
Wiktionary
- n. southern US Brother; used as term of familiar address.
- n. Working-class white male from southern US, stereotyped as loutish
Etymologies
- Possibly an alteration of brother or bub. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of bub. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Maybe bubba is right, that they are starting to produce best Foods mayonnaise with lime juice in it.”
“| Private Reply my goodness, ol 'bubba is in fine form today ....”
“No. They’re not going to send you money and that basically bubba is what it is all about.”
I NEED YOUR OPINIONS! What should the future of Johnny B. look like? | Johnny B. Truant
“For more of his wonderful rants, search posts by "bubba" and go back a few years.”
“* And Haley Barbour's "bubba" problem isn't going away: National Journal has a good overview, suggesting this story has legs.”
“Psychologically, this can help with the "bubba" vote, as well.”
Report: Obama Camp Considering Football Stadium For Acceptance Speech
“Indiana is a home away from home,, do recall the so called 'bubba' demographic is the present day expression of the disenfranchised sharecropper, white indentured white migration from Mississippi and Alabama and east Texas that went to underpopulated Indiana after 'The War' for a new start.”
“Many of those "bubba" votes will go to McCain because he is a white man, and an American hero.”
Poll: Obama's Lead Drops By Nine Points In North Carolina, But Hillary Still Trails By Double Digits
“Be the first who rates this item! mikey's 1st day in cell block 6 with bubba. mikey: "hi, my name is mike, what's yours?" bubba: "ben dover" mikey: "oh hi ben, nice to meet you”
“The result, according to the experts, would be a rise of "bubba" militias.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bubba’.
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Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley, Elvis Aron Presley, Elvis Presley, Elvis, elvis, the king, bubba, Sun Records, meeting with Nixon, blue suede shoes, Elvis Costello, graceland and 44 more...
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EN - baby talk
whoopsie, kitty, baba, beddy-bye, binkie, blankie, boo-boo, botty, bow-wow, brekkie, brekfee, bubby and 84 more...
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Hey Hey It's My Monkey!
I don't have a monkey. But if I did, he/she would be named ...
hanuman, shock, 500, rhesus, wrench, spank, puzzle, davy jones, funky, grip, swinger, chunky and 33 more...
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Rocketeer's Words
defenestrate, shutterbug, antique, periscope, dogma, peculiar, eccentric, banana, apple, pear, cherry, photograph and 189 more...
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Loaded Names
Certain character names (first, last or both) are loaded with archetypal (or stereotypical, depending on your POV) meaning. Their origin is a chicken-or-egg question: do TV and film use these name...
edna, ram, wallace, celia, stefan, eugene, bubba, fred, kitty
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Y'all come back now!
Words that remind me of Grandma's.
mosquito, kudzu, potluck, mud, famous, county, honey, sugar, sweetie, reckon, loblolly, bakelite and 15 more...
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Names of Actual Pets I Have Known
With thanks to AbraxasZugzwang for the Aminals list.
je ne sais quoi, frito, stellaluna, stretch, zebedee, caspian wimblewether, shakazulu, finbar, elliott, captain crustacean, filbert, pfeffer and 33 more...
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Oh,oh..
gun!, cops!, in-laws!, fire!, oops!, smoke!, overdue, creeeak, warzone, flashflood, earthquake, car trouble and 14 more...
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Persönlichkeit
Words to describe people.
persönlichkeit, gynotikolobomasso..., robosexual, pied-noir, bubba, argonaut, jargonaut, bobbysoxer, autodidact, bouquinist, commentariat, chief fantasist and 1 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bubba.
madmouth he's frum the Saath; likely to weigh a great deal. Bill Hicks' white, glandular, creationist object of hate. Aug 3, 2009