Barry, don't read this. I know you meant it the way Bert explained it. I never knew about that meaning before, so thanks, Bert, for the info.

A 'yobo' (pronounced yoe-boe) in Korea, at least as the term is used by American GIs, refers to a 'live-in girlfriend.' It was never very clear to me whether this was a relationship or a profession. I've heard married partners refer to each other by that term, to them it probably means 'honey' or 'darling-dumpling-sugar-plum.' I don't know which usage came first. A bit of totally uncalled-for information: Koreans don't call each other by their names, but rather by their positions/titles. A man would normally call his wife by the Korean word for wife. Men in general are called 'adashi,' which as near as I can tell is a word that means 'man' respectfully, like 'sir.'