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boobery

boobery noun: folly; stupidity.

Noun

boobery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Folly; stupidity.
    • Others were acts of sheer boobery. The whole thing was called "the mess in Washington." Tom Dewey made a point that he was going to clean it up in his 1948 campaign.1995, Dennis Merrill, Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, volume 28, page 474

Origin of boobery

From boob + -ery.

Questions about boobery

What does boobery mean?
Boobery means folly; stupidity.
What part of speech is boobery?
Boobery is a noun.

Words near boobery in the dictionary

  1. boobed
  2. boobed up
  3. boobeleh
  4. boober
  5. boobers
  6. boobery
  7. boobfed
  8. boobfeed
  9. boobfeeder
  10. boobfeeders
  11. boobfeeding

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