Bugaboo

Quick meaning: Bugaboo is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo.

Meaning

Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo.

Example Sentences

“Oh! Of all the intolerable bugaboos. Gentlemen, this is a family discu-- Oh!”

Rather, our discussion of inference is devoted mostly to the finite-sample bugaboos that should bother practitioners.

At any rate you must all be ready now to judge the religious life by its results exclusively, and I shall assume that the bugaboo of morbid origin will scandalize your piety no more.

A notable recent example comes via Tyler Oliveira, a YouTuber who rose to fame with stunts like trying to absorb a swimming pool’s worth of water with paper towels before pivoting to “documentaries” that often purport to expose conservative bugaboos — and who has filmed two recent videos focused on Jews.

Word Forms

• bugaboos

Synonyms for bugaboo

Depending on context, synonyms include bugbear, booger, bogeyman, boogeyman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boogeyman, bugbear, bogeyman, booger, ogre, bogey.

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