boho
See also: Boho
English
Etymology
From bohemian.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊhəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊhoʊ/
Noun
boho (countable and uncountable, plural bohos)
- (informal) A bohemian.
- 1988 April 1, Roger Moore, “Silos”, in Chicago Reader:
- After all, […] the last thing this country needs is a mannered bunch of Manhattan bohos who use textured harmonics and jingly guitars to create a carpetbagger's vision of the heartland.
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- A style of female fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, popular in the mid-first decade of the 21st century.
- 2007 June 21, Ruth La Ferla, “Another Summer of Love”, in New York Times:
- In pockets of downtown Manhattan and in cities as far-flung as Miami and Los Angeles, young women in the vanguard are setting aside their trapeze and baby-doll dresses — and as often as not, their drainpipe jeans — in favor of a breezier, more audaciously colorful interpretation of boho chic.
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Adjective
boho (comparative more boho, superlative most boho)
- (informal) Bohemian.
- 1975, Joni Mitchell (lyrics), “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, performed by Joni Mitchell:
- Down in the cellar in the Boho zone / I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well / Just another hard time band / With Negro affectations
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Further reading
Boho-chic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- hobo