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Bui

Bui is a Bahamian bastardization of the English word boy.
Bui is generally used to refer to males but in recent times has become unisex.

Bui can be used interchangeably with boy, girl, guy, man, woman, friend, enemy acquaintance, stranger and many more.

To understand Bui more you’ll need exposure to Bahamian culture

Bui is not a true-to-word spelling but is a commonly accepted one. There is generally no accepted spelling for the word bui.

Younger generations (those born approx. 90’s onwards) have taken the word “Bui” and evolved it “Bey” which is pronounced exactly how it is spelt.

Bui phonetically sounds like: bah’yee or buh’yee
While
Bey is simply pronounced as “Bay” not to Ben confused with the American “Bae”.
1. Bahamian: Ha’ad go bui .
Proper English Translation: How is it going.

2. Bahamian: see! that’s the bui right there.
Proper English Translation: look! there’s the guy right over there.

3. Bahamian: One bui just been in the store and robbed the registers

Proper English Translation: A man came into the store and robbed the registers

4. Bahamian: Bui I’ne know
Proper English Translation: Boy I do not know.
Bui by GolfRomeo242 September 17, 2018
Bui is a common Vietnamese last name, but not as common as Nguyen.
bui by versai June 24, 2008
1 )a person of Vietnamese decent who has a knack for hooking up good couples together and is usually super nice and outgoing to everyone

2) an Asian that loves to Rock more than you
1) wow ,that bui kid just got me hooked up with this hot woman from Sweden !

2) dude , it isn't a party without a bui in the house !
Bui by Burgermister April 16, 2009
That bui has got a nice booty.
bui by nghiem June 22, 2004
The sweetest love is bui
bui by too long September 9, 2003
When something's REALLY important. The tags "bold," "underline," and "italicize" begin with the letters BUI, hence the term. When someone using BBCode BUIs something, you know shit's about to go down.
Oh damn, he BUI'd "but." There had better be a good reason.
BUI by MegamanTTEX November 3, 2010