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Bubba

The definition of Bubba is a name used for someone who is a brother, like a brother or a close friend, or slang for a white, uneducated and assertive man from the southern United States.

(noun)

An example of Bubba is what you might call your best male friend.
An example of Bubba is what you might call a bigoted, working-class man in the South.

See Bubba in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

brother: sometimes used as a familiar term of address
close friend
a man of the Southern U.S., variously characterized as easygoing, companionable, assertively masculine, uneducated, bigoted, violent, etc.

See Bubba in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang

Chiefly Southern U.S. Brother.
A white working-class man of the southern United States, stereotypically regarded as uneducated and gregarious with his peers.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of bub

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