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boo-boo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbuː(ˌ)buː/ (Canada)
• /ˈbu(ˌ)bu/ (US)

Etymology

* 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”)

Meanings

1. (childish, colloquial, countable, often) A mistake or error.
   • Oh, gosh, golly, I made a boo-boo, and I gave it to Stephen Hawking! 2012, “The Hawking Excitation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 21, spoken by Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons):
2. (childish, colloquial, countable, qualifier:by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
3. (childish, colloquial, qualifier:by or to young children, uncountable) 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 2015, “Hood Politics”, performed by Kendrick Lamar:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
booboo		alternative	lexicographic
boo boo		alternative	lexicographic
boo-boos	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

BM · wound · ish · slip · fecal matter · faeces · shite · waste · wrength · boo-boo · thinko · pure · mistake · boom-boom · faux pas · clanger · break · blooper · do do · cack · scathe · dere · crud · faex · slip-up · mess-up · flub · dookie · dumplings · chocolate · muck · poo · fluff · fuckup · dooky · number two · bruise · boom-boom · error · shit · turd · Eartha · lapsus · floater · ordure · tom tit · oopsy · pooh · chocolate hot dog · injury · erroneity · scrape · scath · fudge · poo · doody · blunder · soil · nature · misadventure · blooper · lesion · slip · Eartha Kitt · misstep · bowel movement · slipup · dung · droppings · flop · inaccuracy · screwup · poopy · bloomer · crap · scratch · stool · scat · doo-doo · purging · poopie · dump · doo-doo · poop · blunder · excrement · disadventure · sharn · boo-boo · feces · thost · fluff · solecism · nick · danna · jobby · cock-up · owie · lapse · dook · gong · dirt · stumble · aberration · howler · dejection · gaffe · misstep · oopsy · fault · merd · caca · poo-poo · goof · boner

Translations (16)

cs bebí (minor injury) · it bua (minor injury) · pl kuku (minor injury) · ru бо-бо (minor injury) · cy popo (minor injury) · es yaya (minor injury) · fi pipi (minor injury) · fr bobo (minor injury) · es pupa (minor injury) · es yayai (minor injury) · pt dói-dói (minor injury) · es rasponcito (minor injury) · de Wehweh (minor injury) · hu bibi (minor injury) · eu pupu (minor injury) · pt dodói (minor injury)

boo-boo en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbuː(ˌ)buː/ (Canada)
• /ˈbu(ˌ)bu/ (US)

Etymology

* 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”)

Meanings

1. (childish, colloquial, intransitive) To make a mistake.
   • If you do this and feel that you have boo-booed, press Shift+F5, the Go Back keyboard shortcut, to return from whence you came (that is, back to your previous edit). 1999, Dan Gookin, Word 2000 For Dummies:
   • We boo-booed in giving the address of California Electric Railway Enthusiasts, and we realized it while mailing the last issue. Correct address is […] 1952, The Ferroequinologist: A Journal for Students of the Iron Horse:
2. (childish, colloquial, qualifier:by or to young children, transitive) 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. 1974, The Southeastern Reporter:
   • I'm still going through so much shock. I can't go through all this. My stomach is rumbling. I have to use the restroom so bad. I was about to boo boo on myself but I remembered what the nurse told me the earlier. 2012, Reginald Killings, I Am Drama City: Trust, Love, Loyalty Is All We Know, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 34:
   • Imagine a little kid in a big ass button down coat sitting in a car and then just saying I boo booed on myself. 2017, /u/Dwelld, “What was the worst situation you have crapped your pants?”, in Reddit:
   • We didn't start demonizing Socialists until the 50s when everyone boo-booed they pants about communist russia. 2017, /u/thesnakeinthegarden, “Oh god. Donna Brazile opened her mouth again.”, in Reddit:
   • “Ya know, I don't know what is wrong with my stomach. I must have eaten something spoiled at the job. I was at a customer's home climbing a pole, and I started boo-booing on myself. I got off the pole and took some of the leaves to wipe my butt. Man, that's a horrible feeling.” 2012, Carolyn Herring-Moore, When Enough is Enough: When You’re Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired, Xlibris, →ISBN, page unknown:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
boo-boos	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
boo boo		alternative	lexicographic
boo-booing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
booboo		alternative	lexicographic
boo-booed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
boo-booed	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Relateds

na-na na-na boo-boo

Synonyms

boo-boo · drop anchor · dung · take a dump · choke a darkie · drop the kids off at the pool · feceate · excrementize · shit · sharn · pinch one off · take the Browns to the Super Bowl · void one's bowels · take a shit · shite · have a shit · pinch a loaf · shart · drite · crap · poo · do one's ease · poo · shiss · take a crap · uncoil · ease oneself · poop · drop a bomb · cack · do a number two · do one's easement · pooh · drop a deuce · stool · move one's bowels · defecate · drop a chalupa