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单词 boo word
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Definition of boo word in English:

boo word

noun
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 word

noun
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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