Barack

Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.

• Proper noun:
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈrɑk/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈrak, -ˈrɑːk/; /ˈbarak/

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• Adjective:
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈræk/

Barack

1. A male given name from Arabic.
   • 1995, 2004 Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father, Crown Publishers (2004), →ISBN, page 104:

     "What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack's my given name. My father's name. He was Kenyan." "Does it mean something?" "It means 'Blessed'. In Arabic. My grandfather was a Muslim."

   • 2019 July 12, Laura Barrón-López and Alex Thompson, “Biden under fire for mass deportations under Obama”, in POLITICO‎^[1]:

     Joe Biden has had a two-word retort to recent questions about his record on civil rights and race: Barack Obama.

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Barack (comparative more Barack, superlative most Barack)

1. (predicative, Internet slang, humorous) A pun on the first name of United States President Barack Obama and back, often used in the phrase "we're so Barack" ("we're so back"). Formed antonymically to "it's Joever" ("it's over").

   Antonym: Joever

   It was so Joever, but now we're so Barack.

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