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plural boobs
(informal, derogatory, Canada, US) An idiot; a fool. quotations examples
Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.
1914, George Vere Hobart, Boobs, as Seen by John Henry, page 75
[BURNS AND ENSEMBLE]: Look at all those idiots. Oh, look at all those boobs. An office full of morons. A factory full of fools. Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blues!?
1990, “Look At All Those Idiots” (track 9), in The Simpsons Sing The Blues (1990), performed by The Simpsons
He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.
2008 April 30, “Cher: I was crazy about Tom Cruise”, in Marie Claire
(informal, British) A mistake. examples
third-person singular simple present boobs, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed
To behave stupidly; to act like a boob. quotations examples
After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.
1969, Colin Watson, The Flaxborough Chronicle, page 250
(informal, intransitive) To make a mistake. quotations examples
...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.
1969, “Alchemy”, in The Canadian Forum, volume 49, page 211
(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human. quotations
Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.
1935, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan; A Trilogy, Judgement Day
Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.
1974, Ernest Brawley, The Rap, page 256
Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.
2013, Kim Haskan, Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob, book cover
(Australia, US) A prison; jail. quotations examples
Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain was was brought out of the boob dead or nearly.
1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26
I begin to feel homesick for the easy drifting of boob. I guess the fact is I'm afraid of life, haven't got the guts to be a real criminal.
1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 29