Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

huboon

/ˈhjuːˌbuːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hu-boon
IPA: /ˈhjuːˌbuːn/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A human-baboon hybrid; an ape-like person.

Example Sentences

"I'm a huboon, baby, I'm a cross between a human and an ape"
"She's got all the huboons crying her name"
"Your first giddy reaction would be to wonder whether the patient, if he survived at all, would still be human being, [sic] or rather a baboon, or perhaps an entirely new hybrid species, no doubt to be called a "huboon.""
"2004, "Mr. X", Shout It Out, Club Devo https://web.archive.org/web/20080705113221/http://www.clubdevo.com/mp/shout.html Everything that 'makes the world go round', or 'progress with a price tag' as the huboons say on their way to work"

Etymology

Blend of human + baboon.

Inflected Forms

huboons (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

apeman

Questions

How do you pronounce huboon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhjuːˌbuːn/.
What does huboon mean?: A human-baboon hybrid; an ape-like person.
Where does huboon come from?: Blend of human + baboon.

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