Bossa Nova

In the late 1950s and early '60s, songwriters like the classically-trained Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim and the soft-voiced guitarist João Gilberto created a smoother, jazz-influenced version of the Samba - which itself was a product of the nation's poorer classes. Middle-class Brazilians preferred the newer sound, which was dubbed Bossa Nova, or "The New Way." Bossa Nova is velvet sophistication atop a feathery five-against-four rhythm, and is most famously epitomized by Gilberto's "Girl from Ipanema." American jazzmen like Stan Getz - who went on to collaborate frequently with Gilberto and Herbie Mann visited Brazil and brought the Bossa Nova to international attention. Some commercial distortion followed, but Bossa Nova continues to influence modern Brazilian pop and other regional styles today.

Bossa Nova: Antonio Carlos Jobim Aka Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Bebel Gilberto, Baden Powell, Eliane Elias, Elis Regina, João Gilberto, Nara Leão, Sérgio Mendes, Stan Getz, Maria Rita, Sitti Navarro, Rosalia De Souza, Celso Fonseca, Luiz Bonfá, Carlos Lyra, Tamba Trio, Gal Costa, Seu Jorge, Vinicius de Moraes.

by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ September 17, 2010

Bossly

Something/someone so amazing it's like a boss on a godly scale

Holy shit! That was bossly!

by SrvivlBtque July 8, 2011

Bossy Bitch

The United States of America is known as The Bossy Bitch, Because USA police’s the rest of the world

NATO is ran and operated by The Bossy Bitch.

by TLG June 2, 2018

Bossalini

Bossalini is a state of mind. Bossalini is a way of life. Bossalini leads to leadership, success, and money.

Popularized by rapper B.a.R.S MURRE

Bill "Yo, I heard you got like three jobs and you run your own business!?"

Al "You can call me bossalini"

by Trilla Villian February 23, 2013

BSsay

An essay that you plan on bullshitting.

I have this BSsay to write for my fucking history class.

by Educational October 12, 2006

bossanova

Not only a word used by the Pixies in the song "Hang Wire," and a title of one of their albums, it is a style of popular Brazilian music derived from the samba but with more melodic and harmonic complexity and less emphasis on percussion.

"Every morning and every day, I'll bossanova with ya!"

by MissCitricAcid September 20, 2006

bossage

Having the natural tendency to boss people around. Having the authority to tell people what to do.

Brittany and Lisa have bossage over Dupree.

by MaybeOrNot March 29, 2010