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boo boo

boo boo is the alternative form of boo-boo.

Meaning of boo-boo

Noun

boo-boo (countable and uncountable, plural boo-boos)

  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, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
  3. (childish, colloquial, uncountable, by or to young children) 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-boo2015, “Hood Politics”, performed by Kendrick Lamar

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Forms of boo boo

pluralboo boos

Questions about boo boo

What is boo boo the alternative form of?
Boo boo is the alternative form of boo-boo.

Words near boo boo in the dictionary

  1. bonzo
  2. bonzos
  3. bonâ fide
  4. Bonțida
  5. boo
  6. boo boo
  7. boo boos
  8. boo daddies
  9. boo daddy
  10. boo hag
  11. boo hags

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