adjective Street Slang

buku

· adjective · nola

A whole lot — the NOLA spelling of French beaucoup.

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Definitions

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A lot. A heap. More than you can be bothered to count. Standard issue in New Orleans speech and Southern rap lyrics, where 'buku' just sounds righter than 'a bunch'.

“Boy got buku money since that record dropped.”
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buku In A Sentence

Boy got buku money since that record dropped.

Origin & Usage

Phonetic respelling of French 'beaucoup' (much/many), picked up by American GIs in WWI/Vietnam and embedded in Louisiana vernacular thanks to the state's French roots.

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