different between busby vs bubby

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Various theories; probably from the surname Busby.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?b?z.bi/

Noun

busby (plural busbies or busbys)

1. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
   • 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

     They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 54]:

     His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.

Coordinate terms

• (fur hat): bearskin

Translations

See also

• busby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• shako

Anagrams

• subby

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”) (perhaps specifically via Pennsylvania German). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin p?pa (“little girl”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bubi/, /?b?bi/, /?b?bi/
• Rhymes: -?bi

Noun

bubby (plural bubbies)

1. (slang) A woman's breast.

   Synonym: bub

Derived terms

• booby

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:breasts

Descendants

• ? Spanish: bubi

Etymology 2

Perhaps from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but alternatively perhaps from Pennsylvania German; see bub. Compare sissy.

Pronunciation

Noun

bubby (plural bubbies)

1. (childish) Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.

Etymology 3

Variant spelling. (From Yiddish.)

Noun

bubby

1. Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”)

References