Bubba
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbʌbə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bubba is a noun meaning (Southern US, childish) Brother; used as term of familiar address.
Meaning
(Southern US, childish) Brother; used as term of familiar address.
More Meanings
- A working-class white male from the southern US, stereotyped as loutish.
Example Sentences
"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.
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.
Will Ferrell and his creative partner, the writer and director Adam McKay, are, let’s face it, our national poets on the subject of dimwitted, bubba arrogance and the redemptive powers of failure, their poems seemingly conceived in a midnight frenzy of brilliance on the back of a bag of Doritos.
Word Forms
- bubbas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dude, bro, buddy, pal, bubby, bunkie.
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