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Definition of boo word in English: boo wordnoun informal A word or expression denoting something that is regarded with disapproval or dislike. positivism has become something of a boo word among many social scientists Example sentencesExamples - Why, I wonder… because it's a sort of code word or a boo word or laziness or what?
- Mention has been made here before of an old university tutor of mine who used to divide the language into hooray words and boo words.
- Ideology is a boo word, a pejorative word, but everyone has ideologies, you just have to proceed from that point of view.
- It's obviously what Ian Kershaw (historian) called a fashionable boo word.
Definition of boo word in US English: boo wordnoun informal A word or expression denoting something that is regarded with disapproval or dislike. positivism has become something of a boo word among many social scientists Example sentencesExamples - Why, I wonder… because it's a sort of code word or a boo word or laziness or what?
- Ideology is a boo word, a pejorative word, but everyone has ideologies, you just have to proceed from that point of view.
- It's obviously what Ian Kershaw (historian) called a fashionable boo word.
- Mention has been made here before of an old university tutor of mine who used to divide the language into hooray words and boo words.
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