boob


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boob1 informal
noun
  • 1 Brit. an embarrassing mistake.
  • 2 N. Amer. a stupid person.
verb Brit. make an embarrassing mistake.
– origin early 20th cent.: abbrev. of booby1.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boob2
noun informal a woman's breast.
– origin 1950s: abbrev. of booby2.
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