boo-boo

Meaning

Noun

1. (childish, colloquial, countable, often) A mistake or error.
2. (childish, colloquial, countable) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
3. (childish, colloquial, uncountable) Feces.

Verb

1. (childish, colloquial) To make a mistake.
2. (childish, colloquial) To defecate.

Synonyms

blunder

mistake

foul-up

fuckup

boner

blooper

botch

bloomer

flub

pratfall

bungle

screwup

slip

ballup

balls-up

cockup

error

failing

fault

gaucherie

glitch

goof

howler

malpractice

mistook

mix-up

Translations

bobo

equivocación

غلْطة شنِيْعة

bunyol

espifiada

pífia

Missgriff

Fehler

Verwechselung

γκάφα

λάθος

ανοησία

ρωγμή/ρήγμα/ρηγμάτωση/ελάττωμα/βραχυκύκλωμα/σφάλμα

βαβά

error

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbuːˌbuː/

Etymology

* Possibly from bug-a-boo, an imaginary evil goblin.
* Possibly from bubo, a swollen lymph node especially obvious in sufferers of bubonic plague.
* Possibly from the sound a baby or young toddler might make.
* Possibly borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”)