Boho
adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A bohemian. countable, informal, uncountable
"After all, […] the last thing this country needs is a mannered bunch of Manhattan bohos who use textured harmonics and jingly guitars to create a carpetbagger's vision of the heartland."
- 2 A style of female fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, popular in the mid-2000s. countable, uncountable
"In pockets of downtown Manhattan and in cities as far-flung as Miami and Los Angeles, young women in the vanguard are setting aside their trapeze and baby-doll dresses — and as often as not, their drainpipe jeans — in favor of a breezier, more audaciously colorful interpretation of boho chic."
- 1 Bohemian. informal
"Down in the cellar in the Boho zone / I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well / Just another hard time band / With Negro affectations"
- 1 a village near Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
- 2 A locality in the Shire of Strathbogie, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Example
More examples"After all, […] the last thing this country needs is a mannered bunch of Manhattan bohos who use textured harmonics and jingly guitars to create a carpetbagger's vision of the heartland."
Etymology
From bohemian.
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