booger
Meaning
- (slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
- (slang) Something suggestive of this material.
- (slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʊɡɚ/
Etymology
Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).
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