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Bobby (given name), a list of names; Bobby (surname), a list of surnames; Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh; Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea; Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter; Bobby, old slang for a constable in British law enforcement; Bobby, disused British railway term for a signalman
"Bobby" is a diminutive of "Bob", itself a diminutive which most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages , so Richard became Rick , Hick , or Dick , William became Will or Bill , and Robert became Rob , Hob , Dob , Nob , or Bob .
Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) [1] was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
Slang term for the police, possibly deriving from a mispronunciation or corruption of the phrase "the police force" or "the force". It may also refer to police radio static. The term was used in the title Hot Fuzz , a 2007 police- comedy film and Peter Peachfuzz from The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle .
In old photos, Victorians are rarely seen smiling, and yet the slang term gigglemug comes from the late 1800s. Describing someone who laughs constantly, gigglemug comes from "giggle" which means ...
short nail or pin with a large, rounded metal head suitable for driving in by hand (UK: drawing pin) track and field meeting * (track meet) (UK usually athletics meeting [DM]); see also track [DM] trackless trolley a trolleybus; see trolley in [DM] trash rubbish, waste. Originating in Middle English and used by Shakespeare, the term fell from ...
The term has been around in Black American communities since the 1990s, appearing as early as 1992 on "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube, who raps: "No flexin', didn't even look in a n----'s direction."