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bubbe, n.
Brit. |ˈbʊbə|, |ˈbʌbə|, |ˈbʊbi|, |ˈbʌbi|, U.S. |ˈbʊbə|, |ˈbɔbə|, |ˈbʊbi|, |ˈbɔbi|
Forms: α. 18– bube, 19– buba, 19– bubbe, 19– bubbeh, 19– bubeh; β. 19– bobbe, 19– bobbeh, 19– bobe, 19– bobeh; γ. 19– booba, 19– boobah, 19– boobe; δ. 19– bobbie, 19– booby, 19– bubee, 19– bubby; Also with capital initial.
[‹ Yiddish bobe grandmother > n.5). In δ forms influenced by English -y suffix6.]
A grandmother; an elderly woman. Also as a form of address. Cf. zayde n.
1895I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 31 Solomon was used to being called a heathen by the Bube. 1964Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 29 Dec. 11 Dear Abby: I love my parents but I hate my grandmother on my father's side... [Signed] Bubby Trouble. 1978N.Y. Times 2 Mar. c18/2 They finally had to put the Bobbe in an old-age home because she was too proud to stay with any of her children. 1982A. Gould & D. Siegel Unorthodox Bk. Jewish Rec. & Lists (1989) ix. 119 The record for the longest time a bubbe was not visited. 1987A. Wiseman Mem. of Bk. Molesting Childhood 32 Musty old grandmothers whose faces cracked into a thousand responsive wrinkles when you greeted them with ‘Hello Bobeh.’ 2003R. King Seven Blessings ii. 25 He had expected a caricature—a double-chinned bubbe surrounded by immense pots of chicken soup, gurgling with homey advice and horrific dates. |