bobo
/ˈbobo/ · B1 · adj
stupid, silly, naive
🤡 Bobo sounds like booboo or bozo: a silly mistake, a silly fool
English booby, meaning a fool and also the seabird, comes from Spanish bobo. Sailors gave the bird that name because it was so tame. Bobo goes back to Latin balbus, stammering. Like loco, it can be an adjective (silly) or a noun (a fool).