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Bubby vs Bub - What's the difference?

bubby | bub |

In lang=en terms the difference between bubby and bub

is that bubby is a woman's breast while bub is champagne; bubbly.

As a verb bub is

to throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

bubby

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from a dialectal (etyl) term .Oxford Dictionary of English'' (ISBN 0199571120) Some older references connected the word to (etyl) poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED.As early as the 1887 edition (''A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'') it has said of ''bubby'' "Cf. Ger. ''bübbi'' teat (Grimm). Connexion with F. ''poupe'' teat of an animal (formerly also of a woman), Pr. ''popa'', It. ''poppa teat, is very doubtful."

Noun

(bubbies)
  • (slang) A woman's breast.
  • * 1685 , (John Dryden), Sylvae :
    • Chlo: What do you mean (uncivil as you are) / To touch my brea?ts and leave my bo?ome bare? / Daph: The?e pretty bubbies fir?t I make my own.
  • * 2009 , Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary :
    • Mr. Douglas got up from the couch, shucked down his pants, and then knelt down beside my mother. He reached out and grabbed her big round bubbies , and began to squeeze and play with them, while he teased her by prodding his cock against her red behind.

    Etymology 2

    Probably from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but note similar terms in other Germanic languages derived from Proto-Germanic ''. Also, compare ''sissy .

    Noun

    (bubbies)
  • (childish) bub; bubba.

    • Etymology 3

    Variant spelling. (From (etyl).)

    Noun

    (head)

    • References

    bub

    English

    Etymology 1

    Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
  • * 1838 , Samuel Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors , page 662,
    • Bub is made from ground barley and strong worts, and sometimes from strong small worts from the coolers, properly blended and boiled with some hops, in the proportion of one pound to a barrel of worts.

    Etymology 2

    Contraction of (bubby).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman's breast.
  • * 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Penguin 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 631:
  • *:‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs .’

    • Etymology 3

    Either a corruption of (brother), a modification of '' ("close [male] relation"), and is thus cognate to English ''boy'', ''babe'', ''baby'' and ''bully .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
  • * 1857 , T. B. Aldrich, What Jedd Pallfry found in the Coffin'', '' , Volume 49, page 23,
    • So he changed his brusque manner, and inquired, in a tone which was intended to be extremely conciliatory :
    ‘ What?s your name, bub ? ’
    ‘ The last one, Sir ? ’ asked bub , looking up.
  • * 1857 , Clara Augusta, Mrs. Peter Dame'', George R. Graham, ''Graham?s Illustrated Magazine , Volume 50, page 398,
    • Mrs. Peter filled her pocket with the cherries — “ Victoria and bub are so fond of them!” and we scrambled into the wagon.
  • A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

    • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, slang) A baby.

    • Etymology 5

    Shortened from (bubble) and (bubbly).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) champagne; bubbly.

    • Verb

    (bubb)
  • (obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
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