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Where does the term "booger" come from?

Question #137628. Asked by piperjim1.
Last updated Oct 02 2014.
Originally posted Oct 02 2014 12:38 AM.

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Walneto

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Walneto

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

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

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/booger

alteration of English dialect buggard, boggart, from 1bug + -ard
First Known Use: 1866

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booger

Oct 02 2014, 4:22 AM

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