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boho, n. and a. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈbəʊhəʊ|
Also (in sense 1) bohoe, and with capital initial.
[Abbrev. of Bohemian a. and n.: see -o2.]
A. n.
1. A Czechoslovak, spec. one resident in the U.S. Obs. or rare. Cf. bohunk n.
1920T. Čapek Čechs in Amer. x. 114 In some localities Bohemians are called ‘Bohoes’, in others ‘Bohunks’; less familiar are the terms ‘Cheskey’ and ‘Bootchkey’. 1936Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) vi. vi. 295 For Czech: bohoe, bohick, bohee, bohunk, bootchkey and cheskey.
2. A person who has an unconventional or Bohemian way of life, esp. one with literary or artistic preoccupations; such a lifestyle, or the subculture associated with it. Cf. Bohemian n. 3.
1958J. Davis College Vocab. (term paper, Indiana Univ. Folklore Archive) 5 Boho,..a nonconformist, usually an Art or Speech and Theater major. 1968T. Wolfe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test xxi. 316, 48-year-old bohos sucking up to young heads of the new generation of Hip. 1979Fanfare (Toronto) 9 June 8/3 Following the New York example..young professionals—architects, hairdressers, photographers—have decided that boho is chi-chi. 1988New Musical Express 24 Dec. 37/6 Neon Wilderness is Algren at the very edge of things, tracing short story narratives from the wild side, bohos, losers and night people surviving in inner city nightmare zones.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to such a person, lifestyle, or subculture; unconventional, decadent; artistic, fashionable. Cf. Bohemian a. 3.
1958J. Davis College Vocab. (term paper, Indiana Univ. Folklore Archive) 5 Boho,..Bohemian. 1970E. Segal Love Story i. 3 Her costume..was a bit too Boho for my taste. I especially loathed that Indian thing she carried for a handbag. 1975J. Mitchell The Boho Dance (song) in Hissing of Summer Lawns (record), Down in the cellar in the Boho zone I went looking for some sweet inspiration. 1984Time 29 Oct. 83/3 Sprouse had dropped out of the Rhode Island School of Design and done some apprentice work with Halston before taking up the boho life in Manhattan. 1993New Statesman & Society 23 Apr. 40 She swandives gracefully into San Francisco's boho snakepit only to find, as one does, that beneath the alluring narratives of decadence ‘it was chaos’. |