Talk:yobo

yobo
That was a word used in Korea to describe a woman who was the quasi-wife of a single (although occasionally married) soldier in Korea. The woman was paid a fixed amount (depending on the rank and economy) each month. This gave the soldier a place to sleep off-post, cooking, cleaning and other duties performed by a spouse. Normally these were 1 year contracts, expiring at the term of the soldier's leaving Korea for a new assignment. It was a word imported from Japan where women provide this same service. Weweedmaniii (talk) 14:30, 4 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, I just found this, which is apparently the same sense. I hope someone more knowledgeable can add it.


 * 2019, Ron Cook, On Guard in the General's Chorus (page 2)
 * Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves).

Equinox ◑ 02:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ I've made an attempt at it now. Equinox ◑ 15:31, 9 March 2020 (UTC)