huboon
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]huboon (plural huboons)
- A human-baboon hybrid; an ape-like person.
- c. 1976, Devo, Huboon Stomp (song)
- I'm a huboon, baby, I'm a cross between a human and an ape
- c. 1976, Devo, Soo Bawlz (song)
- She's got all the huboons crying her name
- 1994, Joseph S. Berliner, “Transformation as Transplanation”, in A World Fit For People, page 88:
- 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 [1]
- Everything that 'makes the world go round', or 'progress with a price tag' as the huboons say on their way to work
- c. 1976, Devo, Huboon Stomp (song)
Usage notes
[edit]Associated with the band Devo's concept of "de-evolution".