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In response to a request to look at and define bule* as an acronym — and the creative juices started flowing on the Expat Forum! All in good fun!
Bule — The Good
- Beautiful Unlike Lots Elsewhere – Beck
- Brilliant Uncorruptable Likeable Experts – austasia
- Big Undiseased Likeable Egghead – ms
- Better Uninhibited Lovers Each – Dave
- Beauty Under Light Exterior – merapi
- Bold Unbelievable Life Expanding Experience – Dani
- Bosses Unabashedly Learning Euphemisms – ms
- Brave Unfearful Learned Expat – Dani
Bule —The Bad
- Boozing Uncontrollable Lying Extraverts – BULE in Blok M – austasia
- Boozing Uncontrollable Lying Egomaniacs – ms
- Bare Underdressed Loud Egotist – BULE in Bali – austasia
- Bastards Using Lewd Expletives – Big Harley
- Bloody Ungrateful Lazy Expensive – Colin
- Bitchy Unpleasant Lazy Elephant – ms
- Boozed Up Loud Englishman – Colin
- Brash Usually Loaded Egocentric – Dave
Bule —The Ugly
- Bald Ugly Lazy Easy (money) – in Blok M (working girl’s opinion) – austasia
- Balding Ugly Loathsome Entity – beck
- Bizarre Ugly Looking Expats – AL
- Butt Ugly Lonesome Expat – AL
- Best Undressed Lights Extinguished – ms
- Big Ugly Lard Eater – TC
- Big Underwear Leggings Elephantic – TC
- Blubber Uncontrollable Like Elephant – ms
And Sometimes a Mixture of Them all
- Bold Unfaithful Lovable Extravagant – firewall_del
- Braveheart Understudy Lingham Exposed – TC
- But Unfortunately Less Exotic – ms
- Bule … a negative slang term meaning foreigner. Its actual meaning in Bahasa Indonesia is albino!
Thanks to all the generous (and fun-loving) contributors!
