boob in English: A childish, jokey word for a woman's breast. Softer than "tit" and used far more lightly, but still not a word for work, and not a word for a doctor, who will say "breast". Recognise it, do not use it. (noun)

Translation

A childish, jokey word for a woman's breast. Softer than "tit" and used far more lightly, but still not a word for work, and not a word for a doctor, who will say "breast". Recognise it, do not use it.

Word origin

American, from the early 1900s, probably from bubby, an old nursery word for a breast.

Origin: American English
Root: bubby

Examples

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The word is treated as childish and funny rather than shocking.

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A useful pair: one word for the doctor, one for the playground.

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A separate older meaning: a "boob" is a silly mistake. Rare now, but it turns up in older books.

Related words

tit

A rude word for a woman's breast, and, in Britain, a mild insult for someone behaving foolishly. In the rude sense it is nearly always plural, "tits", which also gives Britain the phrase "gone tits up", meaning gone badly wrong. It is also a small garden bird, and birdwatchers say it all day with no rudeness in it at all. Medium strength. Recognise it, do not use it.

baby

A very young child who has just been born or is only a few months old.

laugh

To make happy sounds with your voice when something is funny.

rude

Not kind or polite; speaking or acting in a way that upsets other people.

body

The whole physical part of a person or animal.

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