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Definition of "boogieman" [boogieman]

  • Variant of bogeyman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "boogieman" in a sentence
  • "The NRA boogieman is now loose in the countryside."
  • "The most obvious, and perennial boogieman, is the culture of publish-or-perish."
  • "It seems the boogieman is our own government going around demonizing anyone who will out them."
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