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boo-boos

noun

plural of boo-boo
as in mistakes
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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  1. mistakes
  2. errors
  3. blunders
Noun
  • Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta don’t make those mistakes, as their popular jeans, knits, and tees attest.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • So many individual mistakes litter their six games so far this season.
    — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mistakes
Noun
  • Most residual errors identified in recent evaluations fall into mild-to-moderate severity when the note gets properly reviewed.
    — Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Skilled accounts earned consistent profits by reacting more quickly to publicly available news, arbitraging inconsistent pricing across related contracts and trading against behavioral errors.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of errors
Noun
  • José Caballero, who had a solo homer and an RBI single, and Ben Rice, who blooped a go-ahead, two-run single, also helped the Yankees overcome a few defensive blunders.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And, on occasion, other teams have countered Phillies’ blunders with their own sterling fundamentals.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of blunders
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“Boo-boos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo-boos. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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