Sometimes completely forgotten words suddenly become popular and fashionable again. Nowadays, this happens due to a successful joke, a funny video clip or a joke. So it happened with the word "candibober."
What kind of word is that? What does it matter? When is it used? How did it become popular again? So, history, at first glance, is a funny word.
Definition
What is candibober and how do famous dictionaries of the Russian language interpret this word ? Here are the most interesting definitions of the term:
- In the explanatory dictionary of Ushakov it is said that this word is colloquial, familiar, playful. It is used exclusively in the expression “with candibober”, which means excellent, famously, to fame.
- The dictionary of M. Fasmer indicates that the word comes from the Don, Kuban and Voronezh dialects. For example, "he goes Candibober," that is, a dandy, a dandy. However, the exact origin of the word is unknown, scientists only found that it was created artificially.
- The following words are given in the dictionary of synonyms for substitutes: farce, chic, hell knows what, style, modern.
But more extensive information on what candibober is is provided by the Dictionary of Russian dialects:
- This term means something that stands out, unusual or intricate: of excellent quality or unusual appearance; oddities, quirks in behavior (i.e. freaks).
- This term means - "important", "with force."
- Used in the meaning of “breaking”, “drawing”, “bending”.
- There is a use of the term in the meaning of "with noise", "with a bang."
- Used in speech in the sense of "rashness."
The word “Candibober”: meaning in our time
The word is used in speech in several meanings, here are the main ones:
- In the meaning of a certain show off, atypical, unusual.
- In the meaning of the universal term, depending on the context, but has a hint of unusualness, strangeness.
- In the meaning of the word, a substitute for a foreign term, for example: “go turn off this candibober, or it's very cold” (we are talking about air conditioning) - this meaning was invented in modern times and is slang.
- In the meaning of "luminary", "ace", "specialist." For example: “now I have become a Candibober of the physical sciences” (the term is used with irony, ridicule) - informal slang.
- If a person put on the best clothes and decided to walk, they can characterize him with this word, that is, is used in the meaning - he shows off.
- In the sense of something surprising, but not something that you can strive for.
- A female headdress that hides the presence or complete absence of brains (used in a joking manner).
- In the meaning of dashing - (slang of informals).
- Abusive value - youth slang.
- In figurative meaning - "troubles".
On the Internet there is an online dictionary of informal slangs, where this word is also mentioned, it is used as an association with consonant concepts (according to informal youth): “candidate” and “air conditioning”.
In addition, a derivative word “sindibober” appeared in youth slang, which means “hostile”, “evil”.
Use in literary works
In the literature, this word is found in the works of such authors as:
- Zoshchenko M. "Personal life";
- Bulgakov M. “Articles, short stories, drafts”;
- Jabotinsky V. "Five";
- Aleshkovsky Y. "Carousel";
- Savinkov B. “The black horse”;
- Pikul V. "Katorga";
- Chernyakova N. "Hairdresser."
New word popularity
What is candibober? This is a provincial playful word, almost forgotten and, according to scientists, outdated. But in 2010, it again gained popularity after the appearance of the video on YouTube, which was filmed in Minsk during a social survey.
A woman in a high red headdress used this word when answering a question. Its unusual appearance, a little-known funny word - was remembered by people. Thousands of people watched the video with the answer of this lady.
Many young people, not understanding what candibober is, began to come up with the meaning of this word. So an online dictionary of informal slang appeared and new meanings and examples of use in speech that were completely not characteristic of the term. And in the social network there was a “church” with that name.
As it turned out later, the woman who gave the interview, quite sane, worked as a history teacher at the Minsk gymnasium. She didn’t fight in any Afghanistan, but she played great and made fun of the correspondents.
Her joke became very popular, she was retold, replayed, shot a huge number of videos on this topic.
Instead of output
Words and their individual meanings disappear from the language. This phenomenon occurs slowly: at first the word falls into the category of passive, and then completely disappears from use.
But it happens that an outdated forgotten concept takes on a new life and becomes fashionable and actively used in speech. For example, the names of military ranks acquired a new life: “soldier”, “lieutenant”, “corporal”, “major”, “captain”, “colonel”, “admiral”, “general”. They became again used words when new ranks were introduced in the army (the times of the formation of Soviet power). In 1946, the words “ministry” and “minister” began to be used again.
The revival of various concepts occurs for various reasons, sometimes artificial, and sometimes absolutely spontaneous. So there was a return to speech of the word “candibober”, which is used both in its former meaning and in a new one invented by young people.