A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. similar to sick, but even better.
2. super awesome, super cool, super crazy, super insane
If you thought last weeks party was sick, you should check out this week's, it's gonna be bubonic.
Slang Jon Stewart often uses for the flu or common cold.
Based on the way he pronounces it (tongue-in-cheek Godfather character accent) it's probably the plural form of the Italian word 'bubbone,' a swollen lymph node characteristic of bubonic plague. It probably developed as slang for an infection because bubonic plague is so infectious. Stewart probably picked it up growing up in the NJ/NY area.
"I have the bubons again. It's the second time in three months. Let me say this to anybody out there with children at home: buy an autoclave."
Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
February 22, 2011
1. Slang/ebonics translation to the word Bubonic plague.
2. Sickness
3. A person who spreads diseases to others.
That man got my little baby daughter sick. The guy is a bag of bubonics.