Bubba

See also: bubba

English

Etymology

Capitalization of bubba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌbə/

Proper noun

Bubba

1. (Southern US) The stereotypical white male; John Doe.

   German businesses wonder what Otto Normalverbraucher will buy, while US politicians fret over who Bubba will vote for in the next US election.

2. (Southern US) A generic nickname for any white male.

   Watch it, Bubba!

   • 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 5, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:

     [Bill] Clinton knew and maintained a lifelong affection for the small-town Arkansans world in which he had been reared—he relished being called Bubba—and delighted in opportunities that campaigning gave him to reconnect with places like it.

3. (Southern US) A nickname for a brother, usually the eldest brother and initially used only by young children before sometimes spreading to become a person's general adult nickname.
4. (US politics, offensive) A personification of prison rape, especially as a righteous punishment.
   • 2022 July 9, Sara Jean Green, “King County judge admonished for implying defendant would be raped in prison”, in The Seattle Times‎, archived from the original on 9 July 2022:

     Amato is quoted in the order as telling him he was setting himself up “to be Bubba’s new best girlfriend at the state penitentiary.”

   • 2025 July 16, John Kennedy, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 22 December 2025:

     If you put hands on an ICE officer, you should be prosecuted, get sent to jail, and get to spend some quality time with Bubba.

Noun

Bubba (plural Bubbas)

1. (US) Alternative form of bubba (a white male Southerner).