boo-boo

Meanings

Noun

• A mistake or error.
• A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
• Feces.

Verb

• To make a mistake.
• To defecate.

Origin

• Possibly from bug-a-boo, an imaginary evil goblin.
• Possibly from bubo, a swollen lymph node especially obvious in sufferers of bubonic plague.
• Possibly from the sound a baby or young toddler might make.
• Possibly borrowed from French bobo ("boo-boo")