Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A boogeyman.
- noun Slang A piece of dried or semisolid nasal mucus.
- noun Slang An item that is unnamed or unnameable.
- noun A worthless, despicable person.
- noun A person; a fellow.
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- noun surfing, slang, mildly derogatory
bodyboarder - noun US A piece of solid or
semisolid mucus in or removed from thenostril . - noun US, slang A
thing ; especially aproblematic ordifficult thing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- noun dried nasal mucus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She asked in a tone that was roughly equal the one she'd likely use to ask, "So, were you EVER planning on wiping that booger from the middle of your forehead?"
Regrets Tyler 2009
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If your response to "You have a booger" is "Oh, that’s nice, dear," then I’ll know miscommunication has occurred!
Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2008 » September 2008
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I said when I went into the theater that I wouldn't be satisfied unless this booger was the worst thing I'd seen since Bloodrayne, and I was disappointed on that count.
Off the Shelf cassandraclare 2007
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How many of you guys and gals will admit to having felt a "booger"?
The Unexplained 2009
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In the south we call something ghostly or unexplainable a "booger".
The Unexplained 2009
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All the judges thought Fabio's "booger" was too meatball-y and meatloaf-y, not burger-y enough.
Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 9: Fondue and Fallon Carol Blymire 2011
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I double-hate Fabio's dish because he keeps calling it a "booger" in his accent, which seems to be even more exaggerated than it was on his first season on the show, just sayin'.
Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 9: Fondue and Fallon Carol Blymire 2011
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So my primary example of substitution is using the word "booger" instead of "bugger".
Substitution of Words Amanda 2008
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It might also work for folks who ordinarily dislike raisins-especially those who - if you will excuse me-go in for "booger" comparisons.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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It might also work for folks who ordinarily dislike raisins-especially those who - if you will excuse me-go in for "booger" comparisons.
Texas Grandbaby Cakes Lindy 2006
oroboros commented on the word booger
Interesting fact: Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes claimed to the be the first cartoonist to use this word in a cartoon strip.
December 12, 2006
jeff commented on the word booger
In the plotline of WKRP in Cincinnati it was the word that got Dr. Johnny Fever fired from his previous gig.
October 24, 2007
colleen commented on the word booger
My mother is Irish and doesn't say booger, she says bogie; when I was small and picked up this word at school (as an insult) she thought I was calling my brother a bugger instead of a snot, and I got quite a hiding.
October 24, 2007
yarb commented on the word booger
I grew up with bogie, too, but I prefer 'booger' now because it sounds like a tiny sentient creature.
October 24, 2007
trivet commented on the word booger
Does it wear spats?
October 24, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word booger
ha ha haha!!
wait... what page was that conversation on? Oh yeah--jeez.
October 24, 2007
arseholejnr commented on the word booger
wow so much talk for so much snot i meen i was a liitle woried wen i saw this
August 28, 2009