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- noun Alternative spelling of
bogeyman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The NRA boogieman is now loose in the countryside.
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The most obvious, and perennial boogieman, is the culture of publish-or-perish.
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The most obvious, and perennial boogieman, is the culture of publish-or-perish.
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The most obvious, and perennial boogieman, is the culture of publish-or-perish.
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It seems the boogieman is our own government going around demonizing anyone who will out them.
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In the chorus, he asks his listening audience, as he did throughout his career, who they project him to be: Is he the "boogieman" a constructed monstrous figure we're thinking of?
Joe Vogel: Exclusive: The Inside Story Behind Michael Jackson's Controversial New Song and Album
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In the chorus, he asks his listening audience, as he did throughout his career, who they project him to be: Is he the "boogieman" a constructed monstrous figure we're thinking of?
Joe Vogel: Exclusive: The Inside Story Behind Michael Jackson's Controversial New Song and Album
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I thought "boogieman" was one of those words like "spook", and "boy" that polite people simply avoid when referring to a person of the African race.
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In the chorus, he asks his listening audience, as he did throughout his career, who they project him to be: Is he the "boogieman" a constructed monstrous figure we're thinking of?
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George Silbernagel, chief budget analyst for the House, said income tax revenue is no longer the lone "boogieman" in the state's financial outlook.
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