Boho

//ˈbəʊhəʊ// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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."

Adjective
  1. 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"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    a village near Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
  2. 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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