bubban.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌbə/, U.S.

/ˈbəbə/

Forms: 1800s– bubba, 1800s– bubber; U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland, in African-American usage) 1900s– bubbuh. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brother n.

Etymology: Probably a hypocoristic alteration of brother n., with elision of medial r and consonant assimilation, perhaps originally representing children's speech. Compare bubby n.² and slightly earlier bub n.⁵

U.S. colloquial.

A. n.¹

1. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). An affectionate form of address for a brother. Also used as a nickname or familiar form of address for any boy or man, and as a title preceding a name. Cf. bub n.⁵, bubby n.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a man

sonOE

brotherOE

friarc1290

lad1535

fellow1577

bubba1841

old top1856

bra1869

bro1918

mush1936

ouboet1953

coz1961

oppa1963

bruv1970

1841 Boston Morning Post 9 Aug. A tender signature at the bottom, such as ‘your eternal Tom’, or ‘your loving bubber’.

1873 H. W. Smith Frank ii. 28 After Frank left home for college..a letter from ‘Bubba’ was always hailed with a shout of joy.

1931 A. Bontemps God sends Sunday 6 ‘High there, Mistah Steamboat Man!’ ‘He-o, bubba,’ the captain said pleasantly.

1947 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 18 Dec. Please bring me a new pair of cowboy boots like Bubba's.

1967 Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier News 16 Feb. 10/2 There's another Bennett upcoming,..an eighth grader who fits the same mold as his big bubba.

1973 Gramophone Jan. 1390/1 [The recording] has..Bubber Miley growling on trumpet.

2012 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 29 Mar. a4/5 The shooting has also had a profound effect on Chance's brother... ‘When his bubba leaves the room, he doesn't like it.’

2. (A generic name for) a white, working-class male from the rural southern United States, esp. one regarded as unintellectual or socially conservative. Often derogatory.Cf. good old boy n. at good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c.

ΚΠ

1985 M. Ivins in Nation 23 Nov. 545/2 [They] announced a new slogan for our license plates: ‘Texas: The Wildflower State’. Bubba hated it.

1990 New Republic 22 Oct. 19 Bubba is a rural Texas archetype whose sometimes crude and vulgar culture is an amalgam of male bonding rituals forged on the ranch, in the oil fields, and in the locker room.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Sept. 33/1 Some people in the north see only redneck Bubbas when they look south.

2012 J. Grisham Racketeer (2013) 76 The county jails were the worst:..Bubbas for guards; a much higher threat of violence.

B. adj. (chiefly attributive).

Of or characteristic of a white, working-class male from the rural southern United States, or the behaviour, language, outlook, etc., attributed to such a person (see sense A. 2). Often derogatory.

ΚΠ

1985 News-Herald (Panama City, Florida) 8 Aug. 4 c (heading) Five sentenced in ‘bubba bust’.

1991 Esquire June 86/1 The light, friendly bubba punch to the shoulder to show he was making a joke.

1992 Texas Monthly Jan. 78/2 He speaks in a soft, polite drawl and favors a broad-brimmed Stetson and lizard boots—Bubba traits he attributes to growing up in Odessa.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Apr. a10/4 A ‘Bubba profile’ that made certain white men the focus of gun checks by the police.

2016 Politico.com (Nexis) 13 Sept. You look at the images at his [sc. Donald Trump's] rallies.., people in their Bubba caps..—that fits into a certain stereotype: poor white working-class men.

Compounds

bubba vote n. (usually with the) that part of the United States electorate consisting of white, working-class males from the rural southern United States, esp. those regarded as unintellectual or socially conservative.

ΚΠ

1987 Grapevine (Texas) Sun 26 July 5b/1 This is a pretty serious thing, which presumably should raise questions among the so-called ‘Bubba vote’.

1991 Newsweek 16 Dec. 28/1 The media..wondered whether the president could still speak to the all-important ‘Bubba vote’.

2016 Politico (Nexis) 26 July Can Bill Clinton win back the bubba vote? The former president wants to bring white men back to Democrats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bubban.²

Brit.

/ˈbʌbə/, U.S.

/ˈbəbə/, Australian English

/ˈbʌbə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bubby n.³

Etymology: Probably an alteration of bubby n.³, after mama n.¹, papa n.², etc. Compare earlier bub n.⁷, bubby n.³ Compare also earlier babe n., baby n.

Chiefly Australian.

Esp. in children's language: a baby. Also as a form of address.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]

childOE

baban?c1225

fauntekin1377

infant1382

babea1393

fauntelet1393

babyc1400

lakinc1440

mop1440

chrisomer1574

tenderling1587

chrisom1596

childling1648

flosculet1648

bratling1652

lullaby-cheat1665

strangera1674

child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675

hoppet1695

tot1725

bambino1761

weanie1786

tiny1797

dot1800

trudgeon1814

toddle1825

toddles1828

yearnling1829

dab1833

toddler1837

baba1841

arrival1846

teeny-tiny1849

toddlekins1852

mite1853

trot1854

babelet1856

nestler1866

spoon-child1868

bubby1885

chavvy1886

bub1889

kiddy1889

toddleskin1890

newborn1893

kidlet1899

kidling1899

bubba1906

bundle of joy1924

liddly1929

mammet1932

snork1941

kiddywink1957

sproglet1987

1906 Steele Rudd's Mag. (Brisbane) Mar. 159 Why, in Australia, is every baby a ‘bubba’?

1916 Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Aug. 7 (advt.) Mother! Oh, mother! Hurry up here! Poor bubba is gasping and looking so queer.

1951 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 25 July 1/8 They..found the man standing beside the [baby's] bedside saying, ‘Don't cry, bubba’.

1992 P. Grace Cousins 15 The girl behind him said, ‘Bubba done mimi, Bubba done tutae’.

2014 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 June 7 What I've enjoyed most are the smiles, laughter, cuddles and our bubba's cheeky nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bubba
释义	bubban.¹adj. Brit. /ˈbʌbə/, U.S. /ˈbəbə/ Forms: 1800s– bubba, 1800s– bubber; U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland, in African-American usage) 1900s– bubbuh. Also with capital initial. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brother n. Etymology: Probably a hypocoristic alteration of brother n., with elision of medial r and consonant assimilation, perhaps originally representing children's speech. Compare bubby n.² and slightly earlier bub n.⁵ U.S. colloquial. A. n.¹ 1. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). An affectionate form of address for a brother. Also used as a nickname or familiar form of address for any boy or man, and as a title preceding a name. Cf. bub n.⁵, bubby n.² ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a man sonOE brotherOE friarc1290 lad1535 fellow1577 bubba1841 old top1856 bra1869 bro1918 mush1936 ouboet1953 coz1961 oppa1963 bruv1970 1841 Boston Morning Post 9 Aug. A tender signature at the bottom, such as ‘your eternal Tom’, or ‘your loving bubber’. 1873 H. W. Smith Frank ii. 28 After Frank left home for college..a letter from ‘Bubba’ was always hailed with a shout of joy. 1931 A. Bontemps God sends Sunday 6 ‘High there, Mistah Steamboat Man!’ ‘He-o, bubba,’ the captain said pleasantly. 1947 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 18 Dec. Please bring me a new pair of cowboy boots like Bubba's. 1967 Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier News 16 Feb. 10/2 There's another Bennett upcoming,..an eighth grader who fits the same mold as his big bubba. 1973 Gramophone Jan. 1390/1 [The recording] has..Bubber Miley growling on trumpet. 2012 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 29 Mar. a4/5 The shooting has also had a profound effect on Chance's brother... ‘When his bubba leaves the room, he doesn't like it.’ 2. (A generic name for) a white, working-class male from the rural southern United States, esp. one regarded as unintellectual or socially conservative. Often derogatory.Cf. good old boy n. at good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c. ΚΠ 1985 M. Ivins in Nation 23 Nov. 545/2 [They] announced a new slogan for our license plates: ‘Texas: The Wildflower State’. Bubba hated it. 1990 New Republic 22 Oct. 19 Bubba is a rural Texas archetype whose sometimes crude and vulgar culture is an amalgam of male bonding rituals forged on the ranch, in the oil fields, and in the locker room. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Sept. 33/1 Some people in the north see only redneck Bubbas when they look south. 2012 J. Grisham Racketeer (2013) 76 The county jails were the worst:..Bubbas for guards; a much higher threat of violence. B. adj. (chiefly attributive). Of or characteristic of a white, working-class male from the rural southern United States, or the behaviour, language, outlook, etc., attributed to such a person (see sense A. 2). Often derogatory. ΚΠ 1985 News-Herald (Panama City, Florida) 8 Aug. 4 c (heading) Five sentenced in ‘bubba bust’. 1991 Esquire June 86/1 The light, friendly bubba punch to the shoulder to show he was making a joke. 1992 Texas Monthly Jan. 78/2 He speaks in a soft, polite drawl and favors a broad-brimmed Stetson and lizard boots—Bubba traits he attributes to growing up in Odessa. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Apr. a10/4 A ‘Bubba profile’ that made certain white men the focus of gun checks by the police. 2016 Politico.com (Nexis) 13 Sept. You look at the images at his [sc. Donald Trump's] rallies.., people in their Bubba caps..—that fits into a certain stereotype: poor white working-class men. Compounds bubba vote n. (usually with the) that part of the United States electorate consisting of white, working-class males from the rural southern United States, esp. those regarded as unintellectual or socially conservative. ΚΠ 1987 Grapevine (Texas) Sun 26 July 5b/1 This is a pretty serious thing, which presumably should raise questions among the so-called ‘Bubba vote’. 1991 Newsweek 16 Dec. 28/1 The media..wondered whether the president could still speak to the all-important ‘Bubba vote’. 2016 Politico (Nexis) 26 July Can Bill Clinton win back the bubba vote? The former president wants to bring white men back to Democrats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bubban.² Brit. /ˈbʌbə/, U.S. /ˈbəbə/, Australian English /ˈbʌbə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bubby n.³ Etymology: Probably an alteration of bubby n.³, after mama n.¹, papa n.², etc. Compare earlier bub n.⁷, bubby n.³ Compare also earlier babe n., baby n. Chiefly Australian. Esp. in children's language: a baby. Also as a form of address. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] childOE baban?c1225 fauntekin1377 infant1382 babea1393 fauntelet1393 babyc1400 lakinc1440 mop1440 chrisomer1574 tenderling1587 chrisom1596 childling1648 flosculet1648 bratling1652 lullaby-cheat1665 strangera1674 child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675 hoppet1695 tot1725 bambino1761 weanie1786 tiny1797 dot1800 trudgeon1814 toddle1825 toddles1828 yearnling1829 dab1833 toddler1837 baba1841 arrival1846 teeny-tiny1849 toddlekins1852 mite1853 trot1854 babelet1856 nestler1866 spoon-child1868 bubby1885 chavvy1886 bub1889 kiddy1889 toddleskin1890 newborn1893 kidlet1899 kidling1899 bubba1906 bundle of joy1924 liddly1929 mammet1932 snork1941 kiddywink1957 sproglet1987 1906 Steele Rudd's Mag. (Brisbane) Mar. 159 Why, in Australia, is every baby a ‘bubba’? 1916 Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Aug. 7 (advt.) Mother! Oh, mother! Hurry up here! Poor bubba is gasping and looking so queer. 1951 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 25 July 1/8 They..found the man standing beside the [baby's] bedside saying, ‘Don't cry, bubba’. 1992 P. Grace Cousins 15 The girl behind him said, ‘Bubba done mimi, Bubba done tutae’. 2014 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 June 7 What I've enjoyed most are the smiles, laughter, cuddles and our bubba's cheeky nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹adj.1841n.²1906
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bubban.1adj.

Compounds

bubban.2

bubban.¹adj.

bubban.²