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Cubby vs Bubby - What's the difference?

cubby | bubby |

As nouns the difference between cubby and bubby

is that cubby is a small, confined space while bubby is a woman's breast.

cubby

English

Noun

(cubbies)
  • A small, confined space.

    • Derived terms

    * cubbyhole, or cubby hole * cubby house

    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)

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