booger

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊɡɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊɡə/
• Rhymes: -ʊɡə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard.

Noun

booger (plural boogers)

1. (US, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
   • 2006, Strapping Young Lad, "Far Beyond Metal", 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!

2. (US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
   • 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “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.

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

Synonyms

• (mucus): bogey, snot, bogie (UK)
• (thing): bugger

Derived terms

• eye booger
• bed booger
• booger sugar
• booger up

Translations

a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus

• Adyghe: пэцуй (pɛcʷuj)
• Arabic: وَسَخ اَلْأَنْف m (wasaḵ al-ʔanf)

  Egyptian Arabic: كُنانة f (kunana)

• Bashkir: маңҡа (mañqa)
• Belarusian: казя́ўка f (kazjáŭka)
• Catalan: burilla f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻屎 (zh) (bíshǐ), 乾鼻涕／干鼻涕, 干鼻涕 (gān bítì), 鼻牛兒／鼻牛儿 (zh), 鼻牛儿 (zh) (bíniúr) ("nose cow"),, 鼻牛 (bíniú)

• Czech: sopel (cs) m
• Danish: bussemand (da) c
• Estonian: konn (et), koll
• Finnish: räkäpaakku, räkäklimppi
• French: crotte de nez (fr) f, mucus (fr) m
• Georgian: წვინტლი (c̣vinṭli), ჟღვინტლი (žɣvinṭli), ჟღვინტი (žɣvinṭi), ბოტოტი (boṭoṭi), ცინგლი (cingli), ჟღვლინტი (žɣvlinṭi)
• German: Popel (de) m, Rotz (de) m, Schleim (de) m
• Hungarian: fika (hu), takony (hu)
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• Indonesian: upil (id)
• Italian: caccola (it) f
• Japanese: 鼻糞 (はなくそ, hanakuso)
• Korean: 코딱지 (kottakji)
• Lao: ຂີ້ດັງ (khī dang)
• Norwegian: buse m
• Polish: koza (pl) f (colloquial), smark m, glut (pl) (colloquial), gil (pl) (colloquial), babol (pl) m (colloquial)
• Portuguese: macaco (pt) m, meleca (pt) f, catota (pt) f, monco (pt) m
• Romanian: muc (ro)
• Russian: козя́вка (ru) f (kozjávka), козю́ля (ru) f (kozjúlja)
• Spanish: pelotilla de la nariz m, moco (es) m
• Swedish: snorkråka (sv) c, kråka (sv) c, snorbuse (sv) c, buse (sv) c
• Tagalog: kulangot
• Thai: ขี้มูก (kîi-mûuk)
• Turkish: sümük (tr)
• Ukrainian: коза́ (uk) (kozá) (she-goat)

Etymology 2

From boogie board +‎ -er.

Noun

booger (plural boogers)

1. (surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.

   Watch the local boogers charge it!

Anagrams

• bog ore, goober