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yobo¹

noun yobos

  1. alternative Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).

yobo²

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Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”).

noun yobos

  1. historical A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute. Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves).
  2. Hawaii A Korean person.

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"yobo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yobo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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yobo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yobo

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"yobo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yobo.

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@misc{yobo_2026,
  title = {yobo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yobo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}