Talk:Bobos in Paradise

I toed the line of POV, and hope I didn't cross it. If anyone can phrase the content I've added in a more neutral manner, I won't object. Mike Church 21:52, 5 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Bobo in French is baby talk for a minor injury ("booboo"). Bobo has more recently been adopted in France to mean the same thing as in American English--"BOurgeois BOhème"--similar in its critical meaning to the term "limousine liberal"--apparently liberal-leaning rich who are in fact very conformist.
 * Man, this article is not so good, nah. I need to get the book and try to clean this up a bit.  It misses some of the major points entirely (the bobo obsession with IKEA, R.E.I. and antiquing) and misinterprets others (they believe they don't participate in conspicuous consumption when they do).  Also, Brooks claims to be a bobo.  Put another book on the summer reading list.--Hraefen 21:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * This book is basically a giant conservative-friendly, bad faith ad hominem argument by a genocide sympathizer that tries to pigeonhole young middle class folks looking for legitimate alternative in a world of rampant consumerism. There are many great historical books not featured on Wikipedia. Why this cheap article for this cheap book? 2600:1700:8FD0:E30:DD13:8E26:D2FA:37E3 (talk) 17:07, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

"Bobo is also a religious term for happiness" - what if anything does this mean? What religion? I'm removing it, until someone who knows what it means can shed some light (preferably with a source) - Paul 09:47, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure a good portion of this article has been machine translated from the French version. I don't know anything about the topic but I'll try to go through and do a more idiomatically accurate (and more readable) translation. 198.82.81.165 16:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite
I'd appreciate help with writing a much expanded version of this. See Cdamama/bobo. Thanks, CDaMama 19:38, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

"Bobos often have scientific or engineering education..." - Are we sure about that part? I find it pretty general/vague/non-specific, and definitely not what would be a defining feature.Mmortal03 01:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

bobo
afaik is "bobo" simply the term used in french and german speaking countries for hipster. the word bobo is more common there than the word hipster. -- 46.220.102.113 (talk) 16:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)