bubby

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbʊbi/, /ˈbʌbi/ Rhymes: -ʌbi ==== Noun ==== bubby (plural bubbies) (slang, dated) A woman's breast. Synonym: bub ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:breasts ===== Derived terms ===== booby ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: bobi → Spanish: bubi === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but alternatively perhaps from Pennsylvania German; see bub. Compare sissy. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== bubby (plural bubbies) (childish) Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba. Coordinate term: sissy === Etymology 3 === Variant spelling. (From Yiddish.) ==== Noun ==== bubby (plural bubbies) Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”). === References === === See also === bubby bush