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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bogeyperson en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (humorous, sometimes) A bogeyman of any gender.
    • If secular humanism is your bogeyperson, you shouldn't concentrate all your energy on attacking sociobiologists or behaviorists or academic philosophers[…] 1996, Daniel Clement Dennett, Darwin's dangerous idea: evolution and the meanings of life:
    • More often, it's to make the other parent the bogeyperson and leave the step-parent and their partner feeling it's not their fault that the child behaves like this. 2010, Suzie Hayman, Be a Great Step Parent: Teach Yourself:

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bogeypersons Number=Plur lexicographic
bogeypeople Number=Plur lexicographic