Boobery

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Folly; stupidity. informal, uncountable

    "Others were acts of sheer boobery. The whole thing was called "the mess in Washington." Tom Dewey made a point that he was going to clean it up in his 1948 campaign."

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"Others were acts of sheer boobery. The whole thing was called "the mess in Washington." Tom Dewey made a point that he was going to clean it up in his 1948 campaign."

Etymology

From boob + -ery.

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