Colloquial Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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wooby n. The scene where he was trying to tell Vicky Vale that he was really Batman reminded me of Mr. Mom where Keaton is trying to explain to his son that he’ll get him another “wooby.” [English United States Colloquial] [full cite] (Nov. 23, 2004)

woolly booger n. A forum…gave spectators ample opportunity to observe first-hand the delicate and demanding skills required to create a bit of hook and fluff realistic enough to fool a wild trout.…Juniors worked on the Woolly Booger; Hare’s Ear nymph and Fur Body ant. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

woolly booger n. Looks like a woolly booger of a storm brewing up. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

woolly booger n. McCormick opines that (here?) boogie woogie “is not a musical reference but an outgrowth of bogie or bogie man. Considering the sexual connotation of boogie woogie (woolly booger in central Kentucky), we seem to have a vagina dentata motif. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

woolly booger fever n. On yonder table,” said the Rev. Jack Daniel, “you will find Old No. 7 tonic and blood purifier which exhibits remarkable medicinal properties. I would suggest you pour each of us a tot or two to ward off the Woolly Booger Fever which often strikes without warning in these parts on a September evening.” [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

wooly booger n. Only a couple of weeks ago, on a visit home, I saw what at first looked like a redneck—he had him a tall wooly booger of a high-rider pickup and that job had more spotlights on it than the entire Plant City police force owns and he was tooling along spitting and scratching with this dawg on a chain back in the truck bed. [Southern English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

wooly booger n. “Paul is kind of a bull moose type,” says a former associate who asked not to be named. “He doesn’t learn,” says Mr. Moss, who refers to his former boss as “a big old wooly booger.” [Southern English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

wooly booger n. Wooly worm analysts from miles around, in convention assembled, gravely discussed the state of the 1992 wooly worms’ fur.…Texans, of course, know that this is nonsense. And by the way, we also know that the actual, proper name for this little varmint is “wooly booger.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

wooly booger n. But Old Man Harden said no, that he wasn’t in the business of sentiment, and that while it was a woolly booger of a call, he had to go with a young hot hand who had a future over an old master in his last bloom. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

wooly bugger n. Anything or anyone frightful looking, as “he looked like a wooly booger with that long hair and ragged clothes.” [English Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

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