The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for bug-a-boo, hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object.
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Bug-a-boo
//ˈbʌɡəbuː//
Synonyms for "bug-a-boo" (3 found)
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“Oh! Of all the intolerable bugaboos. Gentlemen, this is a family discu-- Oh!”
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...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of bug-a-boo terror about roving gangsters.
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There is the Goody-good Bug-a-boo, the Consistency Bug-a-boo, and the Bug-a-boo that Thomas Jefferson if he were living now, would never never ride in a carriage. Each of these bug-a-boos in the general mistiness and muddleheadedness of the time can be seen going about, saying "Boo! Boo!" to this democracy ...
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