boo-boo

[boo-boo]

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noun, plural boo-boos. Slang.

a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.

a minor injury.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; baby talk

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World English Dictionary

boo-boo

—n , pl -boos
	informal an embarrassing mistake; blunder

[C20: perhaps from nursery talk; compare boohoo]

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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).

Slang Dictionary

boo-boo definition

[ˈbubu]

n.
an error. (See also make a boo-boo.) : It's only a small boo-boo. Don't stress yourself.
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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