as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the president should not be making boo-boos in something as important as the State of the Union Address
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Recent Examples of boo-boo
Mike Trout presumably has witnessed every possible blooper, blunder and boo-boo in 16 seasons with the woeful Angels.
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Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Be magnanimous and forgiving if others make a boo-boo.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
27 Nov. 2025
When Cody trips and falls in the grass, his friends band together to comfort him and get him a bandage for his boo-boo.
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Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
9 May 2025
Junior Colson made a large rookie boo-boo, hitting a sliding Maye late.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Dec. 2024
In his first start in two weeks, Marc-Andre Fleury survived a first-shift boo-boo and made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-1.
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Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme.
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Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2024
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Be magnanimous and forgiving if others make a boo-boo.
—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
27 Nov. 2025
When Cody trips and falls in the grass, his friends band together to comfort him and get him a bandage for his boo-boo.
—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
9 May 2025
Junior Colson made a large rookie boo-boo, hitting a sliding Maye late.
—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Dec. 2024
In his first start in two weeks, Marc-Andre Fleury survived a first-shift boo-boo and made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-1.
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Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme.
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Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo-boo
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That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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One Republican senator calling this the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.
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With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
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Michael Conforto, Alex Bregman and Ian Happ had RBI hits in the sixth, when the Cubs’ runs were unearned thanks to a pair of errors.
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“Boo-boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo-boo. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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