boo-boo slang (orig. U.S.).
(ˈbuːbuː)
[Prob. redupl. of boob n.]
= boob n. 3.
| 1954 Los Angeles Times 17 Oct. ii. 1 Defense Secretary Wilson, whose recent boo-boo..threatens to become historic. 1957 Harper's Aug. 51/1 The original boo-boo that started all this confusion. 1961 Guardian 2 Nov. 7/6 Mr Melvin Lasky, though certainly no boob..has made a booboo. 1967 ‘O. Mills’ Death enters Lists iv. 33 My fault, I'm afraid. I've just made what the Yanks call a boo-boo. |