# boo-boo
## English
### Alternative forms

* booboo, boo boo

### Etymology

* Possibly from bug-a-boo, an imaginary evil goblin.
* Possibly from bubo, a swollen lymph node especially obvious in sufferers of bubonic plague.
* Possibly from the sound a baby or young toddler might make.
* Possibly borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”)

### Pronunciation

* (Canada) IPA: /ˈbuːˌbuː/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

boo-boo (countable and uncountable, plural boo-boos)
* (countable, colloquial, often childish) A mistake or error.
    Synonyms: blooper, blunder, misstep, fluff, oopsy, slip; see also Thesaurus:error
** 2012, “The Hawking Excitation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 21, spoken by Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons):Oh, gosh, golly, I made a boo-boo, and I gave it to Stephen Hawking!
* (countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
    Synonyms: owie, scrape, bruise, nick, scratch; see also Thesaurus:injury
* (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) Feces.
    Synonyms: (childish) boom-boom, (childish) doo-doo, (childish) poo; see also Thesaurus:feces
** 2015, “Hood Politics”, performed by Kendrick Lamar:I been A-1 since day one, you niggas boo-boo Your home boy, your block that you're from, boo-boo Lil' hoes you went to school with, boo-boo Baby mama and your new bitch, boo-boo

#### Usage notes

(injury): Sometimes used sarcastically regarding overreaction to a very minor injury, as in "Aw, did the little boy get a boo-boo?" or "Aw, need me to kiss your boo-boo?"

#### Translations
### Verb

boo-boo (third-person singular simple present boo-boos, present participle boo-booing, simple past and past participle boo-booed)
* (colloquial, childish) To make a mistake.
** 1952, The Ferroequinologist: A Journal for Students of the Iron Horse‎:We boo-booed in giving the address of California Electric Railway Enthusiasts, and we realized it while mailing the last issue. Correct address is […]
** 1999, Dan Gookin, Word 2000 For Dummies‎:If you do this and feel that you have boo-booed, press Shift+F5, the Go Back keyboard shortcut, to return from whence you came (that is, back to your previous edit).
* (colloquial, childish, by or to young children) To defecate.
    Synonyms: (childish) poo; see also Thesaurus:defecate
** 1974, The Southeastern Reporter‎:I went upstairs and Joseph, my husband, he came upstairs and found some boo boo on the floor. My little girl boo booed on herself downstairs as I was getting ready to clean her up.
** 2012, Carolyn Herring-Moore, When Enough is Enough: When You’re Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired, Xlibris, →ISBN, page unknown:“Ya know, I don't know what is wrong with my stomach. I must have eaten something spoiled at the job. I was at a customer's home climbing a pole, and I started boo-booing on myself. I got off the pole and took some of the leaves to wipe my butt. Man, that's a horrible feeling.”
** 2012, Reginald Killings, I Am Drama City: Trust, Love, Loyalty Is All We Know, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 34:I'm still going through so much shock. I can't go through all this. My stomach is rumbling. I have to use the restroom so bad. I was about to boo boo on myself but I remembered what the nurse told me the earlier.
** 2017, /u/thesnakeinthegarden, “Oh god. Donna Brazile opened her mouth again.”, in Reddit‎:We didn't start demonizing Socialists until the 50s when everyone boo-booed they pants about communist russia.
** 2017, /u/Dwelld, “What was the worst situation you have crapped your pants?”, in Reddit‎:Imagine a little kid in a big ass button down coat sitting in a car and then just saying I boo booed on myself.

### See also

* na-na na-na boo-boo