booger

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(bʊg'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A bogeyman.
  2. Slang. Dried nasal mucus.
  3. Slang. An item that is unnamed or unnameable: "It's . . . like a pop-top . . . one of those sharp little boogers you pull off the beer cans" (Hunter S. Thompson).
  4. Slang.
    1. A worthless, despicable person.
    2. A person; a fellow.

[Origin unknown.]


noun
noun, US

= bugger noun 1, 3. (1770 —) .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English You wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley—he's a mean-looking booger (1995).

[From a dialectal pronunciation of bugger.]


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