yobo
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
Definition of yobo
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).
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noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).
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(historical)A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.
“Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves).”
- (Hawaii)A Korean person.
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Etymology
From Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”).
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