Recent Examples on the WebAim to stay in the bath or shower with the door closed for 10 to 15 minutes to break up your boogers.—Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Apr. 2024 Nasal mucus that dries up and becomes boogers helps keep you healthy.—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 7 Apr. 2024 Thankfully, getting out boogers and keeping her nose clean was a breeze with the NozeBot by Dr. Noze Best, a nasal aspirator that provides hospital-grade suction with the touch of a button.—Holly Klamer, Ms, Parents, 25 Mar. 2024 National Geographic harnesses some of that tendency in this kit that contains instructions and equipment for 15 different gross experiments with themes like boiling boogers, farting slime, bursting blood cells, eyeballs, and test-tube vomit.—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 22 Nov. 2023 Pricing books, cleaning people’s boogers off of books, shelving books.—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023 But 2021, man that was a booger.—Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023 Many people do it to remove the dry nasal mucus, namely boogers, that can build up and irritate the nose.—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2023 This was a booger cry.—Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
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Word History
Etymology
alteration of English dialect buggard, boggart, from bug entry 4 + -ard
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