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[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago
[-] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Bookoo", derived from the French Bucchane, for smoked meat; this is also the origin of the word "buccaneer", as they generally live in it while at sea.

[-] SuspiciousPumpkin421@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It’s an American saying, basically meaning a lot of money in this case. You can use bookoo to mean a lot of any thing really.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No, it's a French weird, beaucoup, that has made its way to English vernacular. For example, "merci beaucoup" means "thanks a lot."

Either the OP doesn't know that, or didn't bother actually looking up the spelling.

[-] SuspiciousPumpkin421@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Huh. Well yeah I never knew that either, growing up in the South that was a pretty common saying with a similar spelling to how I wrote it originally(being the south the misspelling makes total sense now haha). Nice to know where it comes from though. Thanks for the info!

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