huboon

noun

huboon

noun

/ˈhjuːˌbuːn/

Etymology Blend of human + baboon.

1

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

  • I'm a huboon, baby, I'm a cross between a human and an apec. 1976, Devo, Huboon Stomp (song)
  • She's got all the huboons crying her namec. 1976, Devo, Soo Bawlz (song)
2 more examples
  • 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."1994, Joseph S. Berliner, “Transformation as Transplanation”, in A World Fit For People, page 88:
  • 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
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