At any rate you must all be ready now to judge the religious life by its results exclusively, and I shall assume that the bugaboo of morbid origin will scandalize your piety no more.
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Bugaboo
/ˈbʌɡəbuː/
Synonyms for "bugaboo" (37 found)
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6 entrieschildhood bugaboonational bugabooold bugaboopersistent bugaboopolitical bugaboopublic bugaboo
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“Oh! Of all the intolerable bugaboos. Gentlemen, this is a family discu-- Oh!”
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Rather, our discussion of inference is devoted mostly to the finite-sample bugaboos that should bother practitioners.
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“Uh, Celeste? Sorry to bug. You said you were gonna start making us vampires, quote, "Hopefully within the week." And that was last week.” “Is someone talking to me right now?” “That's actually true. You did say that. And I don't want to be a bugaboo.” “Bugaboo?” “But you know what it's like for us.” “What is this, an ambush?” “Sort of, like, a timeline would mean a l-lot.” “Okay.”
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