bobo

boo-boo, minor injury

noun boh-BOH Rare

Also means

bourgeois bohemian (person)

Usage Note

Bobo has two quite distinct uses: in children's speech it means a small hurt or scrape (avoir un bobo = to have a boo-boo), and in sociological slang it describes a 'bourgeois-bohème' — a well-off urban progressive, an equivalent of 'bobo' in English. Context makes the meaning clear.

Examples

"L'enfant pleure à cause de son bobo."

Natural Translation

The child is crying because of his boo-boo.

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