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- noun A
mythical ,nocturnal creature ; ahobgoblin . - noun Any imagined
fear orthreat , or a fear presumed larger than it really is.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This rationing bug-a-boo is based on a lack of information about the current system.
CNN Truth Squad: Is health care rationing in the cards? 2009
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Will the electability bug-a-boo still be the conventional wisdom ...?
Poll: Hillary Ties Rudy, Beats McCain and Romney In Ohio 2009
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Will the electability bug-a-boo still be the conventional wisdom ...?
Poll: Hillary Ties Rudy, Beats McCain and Romney In Ohio 2009
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Anxiety, where time is concerned, is my bug-a-boo.
Shallow Breathing, Its Effect On Health And A Simple Exercise. 2007
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And, in day-to-day living, most of us pay little to no attention to the whole terrorism bug-a-boo maybe we're too busy stuffing our face with extra-large Cinnabons and Big Macs...then suing the fast food chains because they make us fat...sigh
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And, in day-to-day living, most of us pay little to no attention to the whole terrorism bug-a-boo maybe we're too busy stuffing our face with extra-large Cinnabons and Big Macs...then suing the fast food chains because they make us fat...sigh
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I'm not saying that Unitarians Universalists view the Catholic Church as THE enemy you are right in pointing out the fundamentalist, evangelical right is a bigger bug-a-boo to most of us now but it certainly seen as an opponent in ways that interfere with traditional alliances over peace and poverty and even good inter-faith relationships.
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I need to give it a name, I need to just take that bug-a-boo thing out of his head and help him.
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October 14th, 2009 at 9: 22 pm PDT am i a bug-a-boo for saying
Google Unwraps Android’s Giant Eclair Jason Kincaid 2005
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There he was, swinging a cane at the foot of the billiard-room stairs — the little bug-a-boo, who was now so much in the way of all of them!
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