boogeyman
noun
boo·gey·man
ˈbu̇-gē-ˌman 
ˈbü-
variants
or less commonly boogerman
ˈbu̇-gər-
ˈbü-
: bogeyman
Examples of boogeyman in a Sentence
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If Maryland men’s basketball had a boogeyman in the Big Ten, Michigan State would be the top seed for that role.
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2024
Trump also talks about climate as an economic matter, by trashing Biden’s agenda as a job-killing boogeyman.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
Soros is often painted by the Indian right as a boogeyman who masterminds international conspiracies against India.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
The district’s been the boogeyman in the first two seasons.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
People from all walks of life — food writers, chefs and maybe your mom — warn of freezer burn, the boogeyman lurking in our kitchens waiting to take hold of our precious frozen foods.
—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
McGuire goes back to the same well several times – glimpses of apparitions at the pool’s edge, dark, blood-like sludge surging from beneath, ghoulish boogeymen (and boogeywomen) popping into the frame.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
There is, perhaps, no greater boogeyman in personal finance media than the daily cup of takeaway coffee, shorthand for a certain type of financial frivolousness, an easy explanation for why some—particularly young adults—struggle to buy homes or get out of debt.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
Her aspirational Green New Deal became a boogeyman for conservatives but helped to shape much of Biden’s ambitious Covid-19 relief efforts that doubled as the biggest environmental agenda in history.
—TIME, 16 Feb. 2024
Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2024
Trump also talks about climate as an economic matter, by trashing Biden’s agenda as a job-killing boogeyman.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
Soros is often painted by the Indian right as a boogeyman who masterminds international conspiracies against India.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
The district’s been the boogeyman in the first two seasons.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
People from all walks of life — food writers, chefs and maybe your mom — warn of freezer burn, the boogeyman lurking in our kitchens waiting to take hold of our precious frozen foods.
—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
McGuire goes back to the same well several times – glimpses of apparitions at the pool’s edge, dark, blood-like sludge surging from beneath, ghoulish boogeymen (and boogeywomen) popping into the frame.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
There is, perhaps, no greater boogeyman in personal finance media than the daily cup of takeaway coffee, shorthand for a certain type of financial frivolousness, an easy explanation for why some—particularly young adults—struggle to buy homes or get out of debt.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
Her aspirational Green New Deal became a boogeyman for conservatives but helped to shape much of Biden’s ambitious Covid-19 relief efforts that doubled as the biggest environmental agenda in history.
—TIME, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Boogeyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boogeyman. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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