booger

English

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard.

booger (plural boogers)

(US, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
(US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
- 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
  The latter is discovered by Caesar, Maurice, and their compadres living in a crumbling, snow-packed ski lodge, its antler chandeliers hung with boogers of ice in a mockery of humanity’s pretensions of alpha-predator-hood.
(US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus

Adyghe: пэцуй (păc°j)
Arabic: وَسَخ اَلْأَنْف‎ m (wasaḵ al-ʾanf)
Egyptian Arabic: كُنانة‎ f (kunana)
Bashkir: маңҡа (mañqa)
Belarusian: казя́ўка f (kazjáŭka)
Catalan: burilla f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼻屎 (zh) (bíshǐ), 乾鼻涕, 干鼻涕 (gān bítì), 鼻牛兒 (zh), 鼻牛儿 (zh) (bíniúr) ("nose cow"),, 鼻牛 (bíniú)
Czech: sopel (cs) m
Danish: bussemand (da) c
Estonian: konn (et), koll
Finnish: räkäpaakku, räkäklimppi
French: crotte de nez (fr) f, mucus (fr) m
Georgian: წვინტლი (c̣vinṭli), ჟღვინტლი (žɣvinṭli), ჟღვინტი (žɣvinṭi), ბოტოტი (boṭoṭi), ცინგლი (cingli), ჟღვლინტი (žɣvlinṭi)
German: Popel (de) m, Rotz (de) m, Schleim (de) m
Hungarian: fika (hu), takony (hu)

Indonesian: upil (id)
Italian: caccola (it) f
Japanese: 鼻糞 (はなくそ, hanakuso)
Korean: 코딱지 (kottakji)
Lao: ຂີ້ດັງ (khī dang)
Norwegian: buse m
Polish: koza (pl) f (colloquial), smark m, glut (pl) (colloquial), gil (pl) (colloquial), babol (pl) m (colloquial)
Portuguese: macaco (pt) m, meleca (pt) f, catota (pt) f, monco (pt) m
Romanian: muc (ro)
Russian: козя́вка (ru) f (kozjávka), козю́ля (ru) f (kozjúlja)
Spanish: pelotilla de la nariz m, moco (es) m
Swedish: snorkråka (sv) c, kråka (sv) c, snorbuse (sv) c, buse (sv) c
Tagalog: kulangot
Thai: ขี้มูก (kîi-mûuk)
Turkish: sümük (tr)
Ukrainian: коза́ (uk) (kozá) (she-goat)

From boogie board +‎ -er.

booger (plural boogers)

(surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.
Watch the local boogers charge it!

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