"Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Bo" oger Bears' | The Blaze

[Ben Zimmer]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
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> OED has (US regional) "booger" meaning 'a menacing supernatural
> creature; a goblin, bogy, or ghost' from 1827, and "boogerman" (same)
> from 1847.

And DARE has "boogerbear"/"buggerbear"/"buggabear"/"boogiebear" from 1939.

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