boo-boo
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boo-boo
- /ˈbu(ˌ)bu/ US
- /ˈbuː(ˌ)buː/ Canada
Where it comes from
* 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”)
noun boo-boos · booboo · boo boo
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A mistake or error.
Oh, gosh, golly, I made a boo-boo, and I gave it to Stephen Hawking!
Similar: blooper, blunder, misstep, fluff, oopsy, slip, aberration, bloomer, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger
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A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
Similar: owie, scrape, bruise, nick, scratch, injury, wound, scath, scathe, lesion, dere
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Feces.
I been A-1 since day one, you niggas boo-boo
Your home boy, your block that you're from, boo-boo
Lil' hoes you went to school with, boo-boo
Baby mama and your new bitch, boo-boo
Similar: boom-boom, doo-doo, poo, boo-boo, BM, bowel movement, caca, cack, chocolate, chocolate hot dog, crap, crud
verb boo-boos · boo-booing · boo-booed · booboo · boo boo
- To make a mistake. We boo-booed in giving the address of California Electric Railway Enthusiasts, and we realized it while mailing the last issue. Correct address is […]
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To defecate.
I went upstairs and Joseph, my husband, he came upstairs and found some boo boo on the floor. My little girl boo booed on herself downstairs as I was getting ready to clean her up.
Similar: poo, boo-boo, cack, choke a darkie, crap, defecate, do one's ease, ease oneself, do a number two, do one's easement, drite, drop a bomb
Translations
Talk about this word "boo-boo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boo-boo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boo-boo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boo-boo "boo-boo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boo-boo.Cite this
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