bugaboon.

Brit.

/ˈbʌɡəbuː/, U.S.

/ˈbəɡəˌbu/

Forms: 1700s bug-aboo, 1700s buggybo, 1700s buggybow, 1700s–1800s bugabo, 1700s–1900s bug-a-boo, 1700s– bugaboo, 1700s– buggaboo, 1800s boggy boy (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1800s boggy boy, 1800s bugaboe, 1800s buggaboe, 1800s– boggy-bo, 1800s– buggyboo, 1900s boggie-baw (English regional (northern)), 1900s– boogerboo (U.S. regional), 1900s– boogieboo (U.S. regional).

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bug n.¹

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of bug n.¹ with an alliterating extension, perhaps influenced by boo int. or bo int. Compare earlier bogle-bo n. at bogle n. Derivatives, buggle-boo n. 2, bug-boy n., bugbear n., and also bucca-boo n. at bucca n. Compounds. Compare also earlier buggan-boes (see quot. 1660 at buggane n.) and Welsh †bwgan bo (17th cent., perhaps < English).Old French Beugibus , Bugibus , the name of a demon, has sometimes been compared, but this is apparently a variant of Belgibus , Belzebuz Beelzebub n. and is unlikely to have influenced the English word.

a. An imaginary evil spirit or creature; a bogeyman.

ΚΠ

1710 True Descr. Mint vi. 18 As other People terrify their Children with the tremendous Names of Bugaboo, and Raw-Head and Bloody Bones, so they use theirs with the hideous Word Bailiff.

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. 416 Spectres..of deceased friends are duppies; others..like our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos.

1852 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 10 July 167/2 Let us not clothe ‘the grim king’ in fictitious terrors, and dress him up as a bugaboo to frighten innocent babies with.

1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. v. 151 When the next full moon invites New bugaboos and fly-by-nights.

1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise xi. 308 I am astonished that men of a liberal education should be so weak as to believe in bugaboos.

2007 V. Gatrell City of Laughter vii. 214 Visual references to anthropomorphized beasts and bugaboos (or scarebabies)..remained almost as common as they had been in 1600 and much earlier.

b. An object or source of (esp. needless) fear or dread; an imaginary terror.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] > one who or that which terrifies > object of terror (usually imaginary)

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bogle?1507

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Tom Poker1673

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hobgoblin1709

bugaboo1733

Tom Po1744

spectre1774

bogy-man1862

bogy1865

1733 State Rom. Catholicks Irel. (single sheet) If these Reasons seem sufficient it is to be wished, That the Prejudice against this Buggaboo of Popery, may not hinder this Benefit of giving Way to this Circulation.

1786 Deb. & Proc. Gen. Ass. Pennsylvania 58 I hope the legislature of Pennsylvania will always be composed of men independent in spirit..: whilst this is the case, there is nothing to fear from this bug-a-boo.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 2nd Ser. 128 If the sins themselves were such wretched bugaboos as he has painted.

1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 107 A member of Parliament is not afflicted by the numerous bugaboos that menace an American congressman.

1950 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. 56/1 Television's bugaboo—the fear of forgetting lines in front of cameras—has been virtually ended by an electronic prompter.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 10 June viii. 6/1 That old ‘Red China’ bugaboo has been fading since President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit de-demonized the country.

†2. slang. A sheriff's officer or bailiff; a debt collector. Obsolete.In quot. 1806 showing comparison of a moneylender awaiting repayment to a bugaboo (sense 1a). Cf. also the comparison between a bugaboo and a bailiff as objects of fear in quot. 1710 at sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff

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shelly-coata1774

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messenger1801

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legalist1835

candy man1863

writter1882

sheriff1928

1806 E. Howe Trade (1943) vii. 51 Porkey..lends money on interest to others in the house, and..is seen, on a Saturday night, watching the stair head, like a buggaboo.]

1809 G. Andrewes Dict. Slang & Cant Langs. Buggaboes, sheriff officers.

1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Bugaboo, a tally man; one who calls for his money weekly.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xv. 248 Many a mad prank..which I should not like the bugaboos and bulkies to know.

3. Nonsense, rubbish; foolish or empty talk.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

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trotevalea1300

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mush1876

slobber1886

guff1888

squit1893

drool1900

macaroni1924

jive1928

natter1943

shtick1948

old talk1956

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

ole talk1964

Haigspeak1981

1833 Morning Chron. 21 Sept. He will not succeed in..propagating his bugaboo imputation against Ministers of a ‘Bourbon Police’.

1838 Belfast News-let. 5 June You made a great speech yesterday evening with regard to what you called the bugaboo of anointing.

1897 Sat. Rev. 12 June 657/1 Histrionic guff and bugaboo, instead of fine acting.

1914 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times Current Hist. European War 12 Dec. 22 Smouldering revolt against swank and domineer, gaff and bugaboo.

1959 Listener 15 Jan. 121/3 So straightforward an inquiry can produce so rich a harvest of pure bugaboo.

2003 N. Joaquin Kadre's Road to Damascus v. 64 Blindfolded, questioned, steered here and there, subjected to mumbo-jumbo and bugaboo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bugaboo
释义	bugaboon. Brit. /ˈbʌɡəbuː/, U.S. /ˈbəɡəˌbu/ Forms: 1700s bug-aboo, 1700s buggybo, 1700s buggybow, 1700s–1800s bugabo, 1700s–1900s bug-a-boo, 1700s– bugaboo, 1700s– buggaboo, 1800s boggy boy (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1800s boggy boy, 1800s bugaboe, 1800s buggaboe, 1800s– boggy-bo, 1800s– buggyboo, 1900s boggie-baw (English regional (northern)), 1900s– boogerboo (U.S. regional), 1900s– boogieboo (U.S. regional). Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bug n.¹ Etymology: Apparently an alteration of bug n.¹ with an alliterating extension, perhaps influenced by boo int. or bo int. Compare earlier bogle-bo n. at bogle n. Derivatives, buggle-boo n. 2, bug-boy n., bugbear n., and also bucca-boo n. at bucca n. Compounds. Compare also earlier buggan-boes (see quot. 1660 at buggane n.) and Welsh †bwgan bo (17th cent., perhaps < English).Old French Beugibus , Bugibus , the name of a demon, has sometimes been compared, but this is apparently a variant of Belgibus , Belzebuz Beelzebub n. and is unlikely to have influenced the English word. 1. a. An imaginary evil spirit or creature; a bogeyman. ΚΠ 1710 True Descr. Mint vi. 18 As other People terrify their Children with the tremendous Names of Bugaboo, and Raw-Head and Bloody Bones, so they use theirs with the hideous Word Bailiff. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. 416 Spectres..of deceased friends are duppies; others..like our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos. 1852 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 10 July 167/2 Let us not clothe ‘the grim king’ in fictitious terrors, and dress him up as a bugaboo to frighten innocent babies with. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. v. 151 When the next full moon invites New bugaboos and fly-by-nights. 1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise xi. 308 I am astonished that men of a liberal education should be so weak as to believe in bugaboos. 2007 V. Gatrell City of Laughter vii. 214 Visual references to anthropomorphized beasts and bugaboos (or scarebabies)..remained almost as common as they had been in 1600 and much earlier. b. An object or source of (esp. needless) fear or dread; an imaginary terror. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] > one who or that which terrifies > object of terror (usually imaginary) buga1425 buggart1440 gay horse1483 bogle?1507 chimera?1521 bog1527 terriculament1548 bugbear1552 bull-bear1561 hag1563 boggard1574 scare-bug1583 bull-beggar1584 kill-cow fray1589 poker1598 bug-boy1601 bogle-bo1603 mormo1605 mock-beggar1611 mormolukee1624 Tom Poker1673 raw-head1678 hobgoblin1709 bugaboo1733 Tom Po1744 spectre1774 bogy-man1862 bogy1865 1733 State Rom. Catholicks Irel. (single sheet) If these Reasons seem sufficient it is to be wished, That the Prejudice against this Buggaboo of Popery, may not hinder this Benefit of giving Way to this Circulation. 1786 Deb. & Proc. Gen. Ass. Pennsylvania 58 I hope the legislature of Pennsylvania will always be composed of men independent in spirit..: whilst this is the case, there is nothing to fear from this bug-a-boo. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 2nd Ser. 128 If the sins themselves were such wretched bugaboos as he has painted. 1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 107 A member of Parliament is not afflicted by the numerous bugaboos that menace an American congressman. 1950 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. 56/1 Television's bugaboo—the fear of forgetting lines in front of cameras—has been virtually ended by an electronic prompter. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 10 June viii. 6/1 That old ‘Red China’ bugaboo has been fading since President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit de-demonized the country. †2. slang. A sheriff's officer or bailiff; a debt collector. Obsolete.In quot. 1806 showing comparison of a moneylender awaiting repayment to a bugaboo (sense 1a). Cf. also the comparison between a bugaboo and a bailiff as objects of fear in quot. 1710 at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 1806 E. Howe Trade (1943) vii. 51 Porkey..lends money on interest to others in the house, and..is seen, on a Saturday night, watching the stair head, like a buggaboo.] 1809 G. Andrewes Dict. Slang & Cant Langs. Buggaboes, sheriff officers. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Bugaboo, a tally man; one who calls for his money weekly. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xv. 248 Many a mad prank..which I should not like the bugaboos and bulkies to know. 3. Nonsense, rubbish; foolish or empty talk.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1833 Morning Chron. 21 Sept. He will not succeed in..propagating his bugaboo imputation against Ministers of a ‘Bourbon Police’. 1838 Belfast News-let. 5 June You made a great speech yesterday evening with regard to what you called the bugaboo of anointing. 1897 Sat. Rev. 12 June 657/1 Histrionic guff and bugaboo, instead of fine acting. 1914 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times Current Hist. European War 12 Dec. 22 Smouldering revolt against swank and domineer, gaff and bugaboo. 1959 Listener 15 Jan. 121/3 So straightforward an inquiry can produce so rich a harvest of pure bugaboo. 2003 N. Joaquin Kadre's Road to Damascus v. 64 Blindfolded, questioned, steered here and there, subjected to mumbo-jumbo and bugaboo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1710
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