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Lulu
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- 1 A female given name.
""Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?""
- 2 A female given name from Chinese.
- 3 A unisex given name from Arabic.
- 4 A female given name.; A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille.
- 5 A unisex given name from Arabic.; A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl.
- 1 A remarkable person, object, or idea. slang
"The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam^([sic]) rink. I mean the worst. And there were some lulus, too."
- 2 A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses. slang
- 3 Locally unwanted land use.
- 4 a very attractive or seductive looking woman wordnet
- 5 A very attractive or alluring person. slang
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- 6 A very bad mistake or error. slang
Etymology
Probably from American stage magician Lulu Hurst (1869–1950).
From the phrase in lieu.
A reduplication of Lu, a clipping of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa.
Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name. * From Mandarin Lù Lù, Lù-Lù, Lù-lù, Lùlù / Lu4lu4 / ㄌㄨˋㄌㄨˋ; in turn from Lù/lù, ㄌㄨˋ, Lu4/lu4. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH * From Cantonese Lou6lou6; in turn from Lou6/lou6. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH * From Taishanese Lu5lu5; in turn from Lu5/lu5. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH
From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”).
Coined in 1981 by American urban planning professor Frank J. Popper in his paper, “Siting LULUs”, Planning Magazine.
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