blueb

English

Etymology

Clipping of blueberry

Pronunciation

• enPR: blo͞ob, IPA^(key): /bluːb/
• Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

blueb (plural bluebs)

1. (colloquial) A blueberry.

   I dropped a blueb on the floor while baking but I still picked it up and ate it.

   • 2018 July 14, Hailey Gorski, “Why You Need Frozen Bluebs in Your Life + Blueberry Lemon Overnight Oats Recipe”, in The Tipsy Kale‎^[1]:

     The fresh bluebs were over 2X the price of the frozen one.

   • 2019 March, Will Grunewald, “Small Farms, Big Ideas”, in Down East‎^[2]:

     Last year at Smithereen Farm, Pembroke residents got their first gallon of you-pick bluebs for free.

   • 2022, Lauren Pomerantz, Am I OK?, spoken by Jane and Lucy (Sonoya Mizuno and Dakota Johnson), West Hollywood, CA: Picturestart; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures:

     Jane: Oh, I almost forgot: I got muffins. / Lucy: Ooh! Bluebs? / Jane: A bluebs and a bran.