booger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

The dried mucus sense came from the alteration of English dialect buggard, boggart, from bug + ard.

Now the bodyboarder sense is from boogie board.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊɡə(r)

[edit] Noun

booger (plural boogers)

1. (US) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
2. (surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) bodyboarder

   Watch the local boogers charge it — wannasurf.com [1]

3. (US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

[edit] Synonyms

• bogey or bogie (British)
• puppy (3)

[edit] Derived terms

• eye booger
• bed booger

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: begoor
• goober