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Boloism|ˈbəʊləʊɪz(ə)m|
[See Bolo2.]
Nefarious anti-patriotic activities resembling those of Paul Bolo; esp. the engineering of underground pacifist propaganda in favour of an enemy country. Also erron., Bolshevism.
1917Lloyd George in Times 23 Oct. 6/2 See what has happened in France..and look out for Boloism in all its shapes and forms. 1919War Slang in Athenæum 11 July 582/2 In his [sc. the British soldier's] linguistic haziness he used ‘Boloism’ as a synonym for ‘Bolshevism’, and found an etymology for both in ‘Bolo’, a variant of ‘diabolo’, the devil. |