booger
Englisch
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɡɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊɡə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).
Nomen
booger (plural boogers)
- (US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
- 1948, Publication of the American Dialect Society, page 16:
- Mama says you mustn't pick boogers out of your nose with your fingers; you must use your handkerchief.
- 2006, Strapping Young Lad, “Far Beyond Metal”, in The New Black:
- Now in the halls of the necro lord / Flash of fear when he sees my sword / Raped his woman, smoked his bone / Leave a booger underneath his throne!
- (US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
- 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetskyg, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- The latter is discovered by Caesar, Maurice, and their compadres living in a crumbling, snow-packed ski lodge, its antler chandeliers hung with boogers of ice in a mockery of humanity’s pretensions of alpha-predator-hood.
- (US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
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Derived terms
Translations
a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
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Etymology 2
From boogie board + -er.
Nomen
booger (plural boogers)
- (surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.
- Watch the local boogers charge it!
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Nomen
booger (plural boogers)
- A performer of the booger dance.
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