boogie man

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5234

boo n Neither _the boogie man/boogey man_, nor, more surprisingly, _bogey man_ is listed in _OED_ or _EDD_, although the latter appears in the _OED Supplement_ under _bogey_ in "a story which reproduces the current account of the origin of the term" _bogey_ in golf. ________________________________________________________ 112See the discussion of this in the commentary to A84 above. 113The Archive includes examples of this form from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia. 114The forms _boogy man_, _boogey man_, _boogie man_, _buggie man_, have been recorded in Indiana (see Gibbens, 152) and similar forms are known in a number of other states. The form _booger_ _man_ and its variants is also well known in the U.S., especially in the southern states. Card (B) (PTO) JH 7/76 Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used See B_13508 for reverse. This is the second in a four-card series, from B_4904 to B_4907.