boogie man

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10298

boo n "_bug_ bAg object of dread. XIV. The earliest of several words, mostly evidenced from XVI, of similar form and meaning ('goblin', 'spectre', 'bugbear', 'bogey'), the connexions of which are obscure; viz. _bog_, _boggard_, (dial.) _bogle_ (Dunbar), _bogle-bo_, BUGABOO,BUGBEAR, and the more recent BOGEY. Comparison with W._beg_,_bwgan_, ghost, hobgoblin, _bwgwl_ fear, threat, is inevitable, but it is uncertain how these forms are related." In Newfoundland, the boogie man, like the boo man, is used as a threat against disobedience and general misbehaviour, but also in a wide range of more specific functions. He assumes the role taken in other cultures by guardian spirits of water, woods, caves and the like and his habitat and function are infinitely variable according to circumstances. He is _________________________________________________________ 116See also the entries under _bug_, _bugabo(o)_, _bugan_, _bugbear_, _buggard_, _buggart_, _buggin_ etc. in _OED_ and _EDD_. Card (C) Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used See also the entries under _bug_, _bugabo(o)_, _bugan_, _bugbear_, _buggard_, _buggart_, _buggin_ etc. in _OED_ and _EDD_. This is the last in a four-card series, from B_4904 to B_4907.