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Bubbette

Bubbette noun: a working-class white female from the rural American South, stereotyped as ignorant, unrefined, etc.

Noun

Bubbette (plural Bubbettes)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A working-class white female from the rural American South, stereotyped as ignorant, unrefined, etc.
    • Bubba and Bubbette love rasslin' because Bubba and Bubbette should really walk around wearing a sandwich board that reads "quick, someone give me a lobotomy."1988, Pete Franklin, Terry Pluto, You Could Argue But You'd Be Wrong, Contemporary Books, →ISBN, page 79
    • The good folks of Sugar Tit have been sponsoring this festival since the early 90s to honor the hard-working good-ole-boys and their lifestyle in the South. They honor the gals, too. That would be the Bubbettes.2000, Jan Hornung, This Is the Truth, as Far as I Know: I Could Be Wrong, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 1

Forms of Bubbette

pluralBubbettes

Origin of Bubbette

From Bubba + -ette.

Questions about Bubbette

What does Bubbette mean?
Bubbette means a working-class white female from the rural American South, stereotyped as ignorant, unrefined, etc.
What part of speech is Bubbette?
Bubbette is a noun.
What is the plural of Bubbette?
The plural of Bubbette is Bubbettes.

Words near Bubbette in the dictionary

  1. bubbeleh
  2. Bubbenmoyer
  3. bubber
  4. bubbers
  5. bubbes
  6. Bubbette
  7. Bubbettes
  8. bubbie
  9. bubbies
  10. bubbing
  11. bubble

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