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Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person

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Noun
A stuffed effigy of Judas which was tied by the neck and dragged through the streets on Good Friday, usually followed by youths with sticks, beating it until it fell apart.

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swaziwali
May 30, 2008 7:58am

The meaning of bobolee seems to have changed over the years. I was born in the 1940's. Back then, a bobolee was a stuffed effigy of JUDAS which was tied by the neck and dragged through the streets on GOOD FRIDAY, usually followed by youths with sticks, beating it until it fell apart. Hence the sayings "they beat him like a bobolee", or " he get licks like a bobolee", when someone was beaten up.

 

The current synonyms seem to lean toward someone who is taken advantage of because he or she is not smart or lovestruck.

wulf
May 30, 2008 8:03pm
Somebody can submit that as another meanings.
setrack
Oct 02, 2008 6:58pm

this sucky guy on SBR has this as his email and his name is supposed to be brian lee or something and his email is bobolee...i think its like his nickname so i'm not too sure he knows what the true meaning of the word is though. And looking at how he plays metaknight, he truly is a bobolee.

heretic
Oct 06, 2008 1:11pm
Whats SBR?
tjb11419
Feb 09, 2009 11:54pm
come on trinis, a bobolee is someone who is easily could be takin advantage of in a way like for example the kids laugh at me like iz a bobolee, it can mean stupid too,the kids think he or she stupid for not sayin anything or defend his or herself not takin on the kids
Greenzdiva
Jul 10, 2009 4:10pm
True...in Grenada a bobolee is ah idiot...
grannybin
Aug 19, 2009 9:05pm
monkey nana

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