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blueb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bluːb/
• blo͞ob

Etymology

Clipping of blueberry.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) A blueberry (fruit).
   • Last year at Smithereen Farm, Pembroke residents got their first gallon of you-pick bluebs for free. 2019 March 14, Will Grunewald, “Small Farms, Big Ideas”, in Down East:
   • The fresh bluebs were over 2X the price of the frozen one. 2018 July 14, Hailey Gorski, “Why You Need Frozen Bluebs in Your Life + Blueberry Lemon Overnight Oats Recipe”, in The Tipsy Kale, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2024:
   • I dropped a blueb on the floor while baking but I still picked it up and ate it.
   • Jane: Oh, I almost forgot: I got muffins. / Lucy: Ooh! Bluebs? / Jane: A bluebs and a bran. 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:

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