booger

[boo g-er] /ˈbʊg ər/

noun

Informal. any person or thing:

That shark was a mean-looking booger. Paddle the little booger and send him home.

Slang. a piece of dried mucus in or from the nose.

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. any ghost, hobgoblin, or other frightening apparition.

Origin

1865-70; perhaps variant of British dialect boggard goblin, bogy; in senses of defs. 1 and 2 conflated with bugger¹

Examples from the web for booger

After an hour of this, my parka and pants were covered with sticky circles of pig booger.

Word Origin and History for booger

"nasal mucus," by 1890s; earlier bugger. Also boogie.

Slang definitions & phrases for booger

noun

A piece of nasal mucus

Related Terms

bugger

[1890s+; an extension of bugger, ''nasal mucus'']