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boo
noun
A sweetheart; the person you are with, or almost with. Soft, casual, and intimate.
“That's my boo — we been together since junior year.”
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“Bussin’” — where does it actually come from?
•TikTok, around 2020
•Black Southern vernacular, from “bust”
•British cooking slang
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