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Alemannic German
Etymology
Likely emerged after 1895-1905, because of its absence in Schweizerisches Idiotikon whose volumes in which it should have been listed were published in that time. Probably emerged as a minced oath of läck mer am Arsch as swearwords have the tendency to also be used as interjections of astonishment. The Bobby part is unlikely to be from English but rather a diminutive of the male given name Jakob, analogous to other Alemannic swear words involving given names such as Säunickel from Nikolaus.[1]
Pronunciation
Interjection
läck Bobby
- good Lord (expression of astonishment)
References
Further reading
- “Läck Bobi!”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024