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Boo

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1a. A term of endearment, especially towards a partner of either sex

1b. A 'significant other', e.g. a partner, girl/boyfriend. An expression used on campus in the USA since around 2000.

2. Marihuana. A former black slang word, adopted by hippies in the late 1970s. It is possibly a pre-World War II adoption of jabooby, an African term for fear, or else derives from the adjectival sense.

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