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French
Etymology
Borrowed from a Mande language with a noun meaning “sack”. Used suddenly since 1998 in French.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
bôrô (Ivory Coast slang)
- the subject is content, satisfied, or the object is much, enough, a satisfactory or maximal amount
2020 March 27, Lazamah (lyrics and music), “Pimp”, in Pimp:J’ai envie de les ken mais boro j’ai muri […] Boro fuck ta sainte nitouche- It would list me to sard her, but enough, I have matured. Enough fuck your little princess
- Ellipsis of bôrô d’enjaillement (“a kind of game played by yobs consisting of jumping onto the decks of vehicles in running traffic (originally busses, later minibusses)”, literally “sack of enjoyment”).
2018 October 11, “Abidjan : Le bôrô d’enjaillement est de retour”, in linfodrome:Le retour du bôrô d’enjaillement est pris au sérieux par des éléments des forces de l’ordre, particulièrement ceux du commissariat de Police du 24ème arrondissement, au niveau de l’ancien corridor, sur la route de Grand-Bassam. « Nous avons des informations que les jeunes ont repris le bôrô. Nous avons donc fait des postes de contrôle et de surveillance sur l’étendue du territoire de notre compétence entre Port-Bouët et Grand-Bassam.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Lafage, Suzanne (2002) Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire (Le français en Afrique; Nº 16 et 17), Nice: Institut de Linguistique française – CNRS