boo boo

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boo-boo

[boo-boo]
noun, plural boo-boos. Slang.
1.
a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
2.
a minor injury.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; baby talk
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Boo boo is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

boo-boo
"mistake," 1954, apparently a reduplication of boob, which had acquired a secondary sense of "foolish mistake" (1934).
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boo-boo definition

[ˈbubu]
  1. n.
    an error. (See also make a boo-boo.) : It's only a small boo-boo. Don't stress yourself.
  2. n.
    a hurt; a cut; a bruise. : She has a little boo-boo on her knee.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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