Definition of boo
boo 
interjection
- interjection used to express disappointment or outrage, usually in public gatherings such as sporting events, speeches, and musical performances.
When the referee gave the home team a penalty, their fans yelled "BOO!"
- See more words with the same meaning: disbelief, doubt (statements of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.
Originally submitted by Jaydig from Gilroy, CA, USA on Dec 07 1999. (Edit this definition.)
- interjection used to express (comparatively) minor disappointment, to oneself or in a small group.
The movie sold out? Boo.
- See more words with the same meaning: disbelief, doubt (statements of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.
Originally submitted by Jaydig from Gilroy, CA, USA on Dec 07 1999. (Edit this definition.)
noun
- anything, in speech. Usually used in the negative, as in the example sentence.
I didn't say boo to her.
- See more words with the same meaning: nothing.
Originally submitted by Cris from CA, USA on Dec 14 1997. (Edit this definition.)
- marijuana. Antiquated.
Let's blaze some boo.
- See more words with the same meaning: marijuana.
Originally submitted by Elle d. from Seattle, WA, USA on Apr 23 1999. (Edit this definition.)
- boyfriend or girlfriend.
Me and my boo are going out to watch a movie.
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- See more words with the same meaning: boyfriend, girlfriend, boo, significant other.
Originally submitted by Jayne M. from Detroit, MI, USA on Dec 13 1999. (Edit this definition.)
- term of affection or endearment for any close friend or family member.
I love my boo!
- See more words with the same meaning: family, family members.
- See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.
Originally submitted by stacy from Iowa, USA on Sep 28 2002. (Edit this definition.)
notes
- The "boyfriend or girlfriend" sense of this term may derive from "beau", meaning "beautiful" in French. Beau (pronounced "boe") has been used in English for some time to mean "boyfriend."
- See more words with the same meaning: terms with foreign origin (list of).
Originally submitted by Ludgardo J. on Sep 05 2008. (Edit this definition.)
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Slang terms with the same root words
- boo
- boo boo - a mistake.
- boo bunny - This definition is questionable and is pending deletion.
- boo-coo - a great quantity.
- boo hoo - onomatopoeia for the sound of a person crying.
- boo jank - a term given to a person that has not yet be title as a boyfriend or girlfriend. "Yea, that's my boo jank."
- boo love - to spend time with a significant other.
- boo ya - it means good, used like hell yah.
- boo-yah - a very fine woman; a woman with very nice buttocks; very nice buttocks.
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Slang terms with the same meaning
- marijuana
- 420 - Definitions include: See also the slang words 4/20 (a date) and 4:20 (a time).
- bammer - Definitions include: of low quality.
- BC bud - Definitions include: marijuana ("bud") from British Columbia, Canada.
- blunt - Definitions include: a marijuana cigarette; "joint".
- bomb - Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
- bone - Definitions include: completely, in the expression "bone dry".
- boo-yah - Definitions include: a very fine woman; a woman with very nice buttocks; very nice buttocks.
- bubonic chronic - Definitions include: extremely potent marijuana
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- friend, friends
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- ace boon coon - Definitions include: a best friend.
- ace buddy - Definitions include: a best friend.
- asshole buddy - Definitions include: A friend with whom a scumbag can be himself.
- b - Definitions include: woman.
- Batman and Robin - Definitions include: inseparable. May also mean that one person is the leader and the other is the sidekick.
- bestie - Definitions include: best friend.
- BFF - Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) forever".
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- disbelief, doubt (statements of)
- as if - Definitions include: exclamation which connotes a derisive assertion that whatever is being talked about is impossible or very unlikely.
- for reals - Definitions include: "for real", i.e. "seriously".
- pfft - Definitions include: exclamation of disbelief.
- please - Definitions include: exclamation of disbelief.
- boyfriend, girlfriend, boo, significant other
- baby - Definitions include: small.
- babygirl - Definitions include: girlfriend.
- ball and chain - Definitions include: significant other.
- better half - Definitions include: one's significant other.
- BF - Definitions include: "boyfriend."
- bitch - Definitions include: an acronym has been invented for "bitch," far after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
- boyfriend - Definitions include: a male significant other.
- boyfriended up - Definitions include: having a boyfriend.
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- terms with foreign origin (list of)
- beaucoup - Definitions include: many or much.
- bobo - Definitions include: off-brand.
- boo-coo - Definitions include: a great quantity.
- burro - Definitions include: to carry; to lug around.
- caballo - Definitions include: heroin, from the Spanish word for horse.
- cabeza - Definitions include: fellatio.
- chica - Definitions include: a female friend.
- chichi - Definitions include: a breast.
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- to be sad, disappointed
- blues, the - Definitions include: sadness or depression.
- bollocks - Definitions include: bad.
- bomb - Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
- bum - Definitions include: butt. Origin: British.
- bummage - Definitions include: used to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment. Also bummer.
- bummed out - Definitions include: depressed.
- bummer days - Definitions include: phrase acknowledging or expressing sadness.
- burst (one's) bubble - Definitions include: to disappoint.
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- nothing
- bumpkiss - Definitions include: nothing.
- bupkis - Definitions include: nothing
- dick - Definitions include: in a way that a dick (in the "jerk" sense defined below) would do.
- diddly-squat - Definitions include: absolutely nothing.
- fuck all - Definitions include: Sometimes abbreviated "FA".
- fuckle - Definitions include: "fuck all", i.e. nothing.
- jack - Definitions include: a five pound note. Origin: Cockney rhyming slang - Jack's alive.
- jack shit - Definitions include: anything.
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- family, family members
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