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The ''']''' is a type of seabird. It's spanish slang term ''bobo,'' meaning "stupid" refers to them that way as they get themselves eaten by landing on sailboats. Causing them to be captured and eaten. |
The ''']''' is a type of seabird. It's spanish slang term ''bobo,'' meaning "stupid" refers to them that way as they get themselves eaten by landing on sailboats. Causing them to be captured and eaten.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/Booby</ref> | ||
'''Booby''' or '''boobies''' may also refer to: | '''Booby''' or '''boobies''' may also refer to: |
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The booby is a type of seabird. It's spanish slang term bobo, meaning "stupid" refers to them that way as they get themselves eaten by landing on sailboats. Causing them to be captured and eaten.
Booby or boobies may also refer to:
Slang
Places
- Booby Island (Queensland), Queensland, Australia
- Booby Island (Kimberley), Western Australia
- Booby Island, a mile offshore of (but not officially claimed by) Saint George Basseterre Parish
- Booby Cay, one of the three Swan Islands, Honduras
- Booby Pond, Cayman Islands - see Booby Pond Nature Reserve
As a nickname
- Boobie Clark (1949–1988), American National Football League player
- Russell Clark (criminal) (1898–1968), American thief, bank robber and prison escapee nicknamed "Boobie"
- Anthony Dixon (born 1987), American National Football League player nicknamed "Boobie"
- Daniel Gibson (born 1986), American National Basketball Association player nicknamed "Booby" or "Boobie"
- Boobie Miles (born 1970), American high school football player
Other uses
- Sir Thomas Booby and Lady Booby, characters in the novel Joseph Andrews
See also
- Booby's Bay, Cornwall, UK
- Booby trap, a device intended to harm a person who triggers it
- Boob (disambiguation)
- Bubi (disambiguation)
- Bobby (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Booby
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