Boogeyman

Word BOOGEYMAN
Character 9
Hyphenation boog ey man
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Definitions and meanings of "Boogeyman"

What do we mean by boogeyman?

A terrifying specter; a hobgoblin. noun

Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc. noun

Alternative spelling of bogeyman. noun

An imaginary monster used to frighten children noun

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

(by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract.

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The word "boogeyman" in example sentences

Your fear of the nationalism boogeyman is so deep it has caused you to abandon the notion of borders and nations-states? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unfortunately, his fear of the boogeyman is so great that he has lost touch with reality on any level. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I†™ m not saying we won, but your inflation of NK into the big bad boogeyman is a joke. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"I think the new boogeyman is Latino," Mr. Bonilla-Silva said. ❋ By SUSAN SAULNY (2010)

“One of the many neat things about Fisher’s history is that it was written when the British Empire was actually a going concern, not a shadowy boogeyman from the past,” Mencius notes, as he cites this passage: ❋ Unknown (2008)

I’m not saying we won, but your inflation of NK into the big bad boogeyman is a joke. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A few things bothered me about this statement – first that the union lawyer is the ultimate wall street boogeyman, which is a nice little subtext with which to scare the reader (the union wrinkle seemed a bit artificial to add here). ❋ Unknown (2010)

A few things bothered me about this statement–first that the union lawyer is the ultimate wall street boogeyman, which is a nice little subtext with which to scare the reader the union wrinkle seemed a bit artificial to add here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But, as far as these other attacks, this is sort of par for the course in primary season and you know, in the general election, everybody says they'll come together against the big bad boogeyman, which is whoever the Republican candidate would be. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Afterwards, the boogeyman has been the 'defeat of terrorism'. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Nobody denies that they are bad things, but they mostly seem worthy of derision than fear, except for usage of troll as boogeyman, which is an overloading of the word. ❋ Unknown (2005)

GS ... the democrats have outright majorities in both houses and a democratic president. news flash: the republicans aren't holding up anything. the democrats are blocking themselves. for the very young at mind, i guess having a boogeyman is a good thing. the problem here is, using the republicans AS that boogeyman, is a mistake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rather than acknowledge the DM's investigative approach, you simply choose to rant about "The ID Movement", as if it were some kind of boogeyman that will be summoned if the word "ID" is uttered. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The threat of wind holding back power was a "boogeyman," he said. ❋ Russell Gold (2010)

However, if a musician typically uses simple drumming as a time-piece to music, but then switches to afro-centric drumming while singing about images of rape, drug use, murder, etc (I use these examples as the stereotypical "boogeyman" for racism against black people), then yes, the context of those drums could very well be considered covertly racist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because the majority of Americans have read neither — but remembers that Marxism is supposed to be some kind of boogeyman threat to the American way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was talking about this a few years ago ago at comic-con and said he wanted to make just like Se7en, replacing the detectives with Sam and Twitch and with Spawn as a kind of boogeyman character lurking around throughout the story. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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