noun Street Slang

boo

· noun · nola

Cajun-rooted pet name for a kid or sweetheart.

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Definitions

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An affectionate term for somebody you love — your baby, your partner, your little cousin. In Louisiana it's been Cajun shorthand for 'sweetheart' for generations before the rest of the US picked it up. Often shortened from 'beau' (French for handsome/boyfriend).

“Come here, boo, lemme fix ya collar.”
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Outside the South it caught fire in 1990s–2000s Black American English and hip-hop as a generic term for a romantic partner — 'me and my boo' — and from there into mainstream slang.

“She posted her new boo on the gram last night.”
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boo In A Sentence

Come here, boo, lemme fix ya collar.
She posted her new boo on the gram last night.

Origin & Usage

Generally traced to the French 'beau' meaning beautiful/boyfriend, brought to Louisiana via Cajun French and absorbed into Southern and African American Vernacular English.

Variants boo thang
Tags #nola#cajun#hip-hop#southern

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