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boo-boo
noun- an error US
Children’s vocabulary. - The other day, Mr. B. made a lamentable boo-boo. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 29, 24 January 1953
- But then when said pal makes a boo-boo then, oboy, watch how
- fast it fades away. [There Ought to Be a Law comic strip] — San Francisco News, 29 June 1953
- How could she have made such a thundering booboo as to cut Oscar loose before she had Harry properly hooked? — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 233, 1957
- A Big $400 Million Booboo in a Bank [Headline] — Life, p. 135, 7 December 1959
- “Now, since I made a booboo—I’ll let you make one.” — Frederick Kohner, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, p. 46, 1961
- I lay and listened to Junior pitching himself hoarse convincing Mama that Rajah’s Soutside execution was the result of some private boo boo[.] — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Mama Black Widow, p. 157, 1969
- This is a male institution. Someone’s made a ... booboo. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 251, 1990
- a bruise or scrape US
- But in Springfield, Mass., you say “I fell down and got a boo-boo on my elbow” (a bruise). This boo-boo may come from a French slang word, bo-bo, any small bruise or hurt. — Junior Parade Magazine, p. 22, 20 June 1954
- Has the poor little girl got a Booboo? — Hubert Selby Jr, Last Exit to Brooklyn, p. 47, 1957
- He says, “Well, whaddaya know–Champ Pimp’s got himself a boo-boo.” — Raging Bull, 1980
- [D]on’t worry about that little boo-boo on her throat / It’s just a little scratch[.] — Eminem (Marshall Mathers), ‘97 Bonnie and Clyde’, 1999
- the human posterior UK
A childish reduplication of “bottom”. - No use sitting around on your boo-boo, brooding. — Nicholas Blake, The Sad Variety, 1964
- Kiss my boo-boo. — Sal Piro and Michael Hess, The Official “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Audience Participation Guide, p. 38, 1991
- any vexatious flying insect BAHAMAS
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 24, 1982
- a woman US
- See? With the boo-boo in red? — David Chase, The Sopranos: Selected Scripts from Three Seasons, p. 10, 25 August 1997
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