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boo-boo

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–noun, plural -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 also boo·boo   (bōō'bōō)   
n.   pl. boo-boos also boo·boos Informal

  1. A stupid mistake; a blunder: "the petty talking points, peripheral issues, tactical boo-boos, and small-bore scandals that regularly intrude on campaigns" (New Republic).

  2. A slight physical injury, such as a scratch.


[Perhaps alteration of boohoo, to weep noisily.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
boo-boo [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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Word Origin & History

boo-boo 
"mistake," 1954, apparently a reduplication of boob, which had acquired a secondary sense of "foolish mistake" (1934).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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