booger
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ər noun
1.
Informal. any person or thing: That shark was a mean-looking booger. Paddle the little booger and send him home.
2.
Slang. a piece of dried mucus in or from the nose.
3.
4.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. any ghost, hobgoblin, or other frightening apparition.
Origin:
1865–70; perhaps variant of British dialect boggard goblin, bogy; in senses of defs. 1 and 2 conflated with bugger1
1865–70; perhaps variant of British dialect boggard goblin, bogy; in senses of defs. 1 and 2 conflated with bugger1
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Booger
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
booger
"nasal mucus," by 1890s; earlier bugger. Also boogie.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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After an hour of this, my parka and pants were covered with sticky circles of pig booger.
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