bogeying=boogying

[Jonathan Lighter]

NYU, 1972.

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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Poster: "Mullins, Bill"
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You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose.
But you can't pick your friend's nose.

> Jonathan Lighter:
> >>>
> My grandmother's NYC word for this (from her 1890s childhood)
> was "boogie."
> <<<
> For me, NYC, it was "booger" for a ball or blob of snot,
> hardened or not.
>
> I'm gonna drop the topic. I haven't et yet.
> -mm
>


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