boo-boo

[boo-boo] /ˈbuˌbu/
noun, plural boo-boos. Slang.
1.
a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
2.
a minor injury.
Origin
1950-55, Americanism; baby talk
Examples from the web for boo-boo
  • His career by now seems virtually boo-boo-proof-and so does his nonchalant image.
British Dictionary definitions for boo-boo

boo-boo

noun (pl) -boos
1.
(informal) an embarrassing mistake; blunder
Word Origin
C20: perhaps from nursery talk; compare boohoo
Word Origin and History for boo-boo
n.

"mistake," 1954, apparently a reduplication of boob, which had acquired a secondary sense of "foolish mistake" (1934).

Slang definitions & phrases for boo-boo

boo-boo 1

noun

An error or misstep, esp one with embarrassing consequences; faux pas: The original boo-boo that started all this public confusion

[1950s+; perhaps fr boob3; perhaps fr Yiddish bulba, ''potato,'' fr Polish, which came to mean ''malapropism, faux pas'']


boo-boo 2

noun

A minor flesh wound or blemish

[1900+; perhaps fr boo-hoo, a child's crying over a minor hurt]