In a message dated 04/26/2000 3:53:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Well, boobs isn't so far from bubi or bubbila in Yiddish. Bubi is
grandma,
and bubila refers to any kid of any age who needs comforting. i.e. aww poor
bubbila... and there was our beagle named boo-bah, which means Doll.
>>
Wow, sometimes I affectionately call my birds "Bubi." I didn't know it meant
something in Yiddish. More often now though, I call them "boo-boo."
"How's mommy's little boo-boo this morning? Hello the little boo-boo! Mommy
loves the boo-boo baby!"