| 词汇 | bubba |
| 词源 | Bubba. Bubba, chiefly among blacks in the American South, is a term of address meaning “brother” and is used by friends as well as relatives. But reference works generally fail to note that the word is also commonly used to mean a white southerner. An essay in the New York Times by Molly Ivins put it this way: “In theory, the battle for Southern voters revolves around the stereotypical white Southerner, usually known as ‘Bubba,’ who is partial to country music and conservative politics. But as Presidential politics move into the states of the Confederacy, the biggest question about Bubba may not be how he will vote but how to find him.” Bubba is also a nickname in the press for former president William Jefferson Clinton, “the man from Hope (Arkansas).” |
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