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bubby

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊbi/

The English word “bubby” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A woman's breast.
  2. Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.

Etymology

Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).

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