as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the president should not be making boo-boos in something as important as the State of the Union Address
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Recent Examples of boo-boo
In his first start in two weeks, Marc-Andre Fleury survived a first-shift boo-boo and made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-1.
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The ‘biggies’ Here are the big boo-boos that justify packing up your pruners for the day and going inside for a timeout.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
And because blue cats were purposely introduced in Virginia decades ago to boost recreational fishing opportunities, nobody wants to talk about how that was ultimately a boo-boo.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Place the 100% cotton bear in the freezer, then remove it when your little one needs to cool off or has a boo-boo.
—Amanda Crane, Health, 14 Aug. 2023
This new multiverse boo-boo is a potential reason to watch the Flash zoom through the timestream in another movie to try to fix it.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
Advertisement On Saturday, staff members from the university’s Val G. Hemming Simulation Center will be painting facsimiles of various bug boo-boos, from spider bites to the rash from the bite of a tick carrying Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
No one on Friday was caught in thicker fog than Clifton, who is both the Bruins’ hardest hitter and too often their biggest boo-boo maker.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The ‘biggies’ Here are the big boo-boos that justify packing up your pruners for the day and going inside for a timeout.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
And because blue cats were purposely introduced in Virginia decades ago to boost recreational fishing opportunities, nobody wants to talk about how that was ultimately a boo-boo.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Place the 100% cotton bear in the freezer, then remove it when your little one needs to cool off or has a boo-boo.
—Amanda Crane, Health, 14 Aug. 2023
This new multiverse boo-boo is a potential reason to watch the Flash zoom through the timestream in another movie to try to fix it.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
Advertisement On Saturday, staff members from the university’s Val G. Hemming Simulation Center will be painting facsimiles of various bug boo-boos, from spider bites to the rash from the bite of a tick carrying Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
No one on Friday was caught in thicker fog than Clifton, who is both the Bruins’ hardest hitter and too often their biggest boo-boo maker.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo-boo
Noun
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This makes people more forgiving when leaders make mistakes.—
Tendayi Viki,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Piastri, who made a mistake that cost him the win at the Australian GP last week, capitalized on clean air in Shanghai to steadily build his advantage as the race evolved into a strategic battle between one and two-stop strategies.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The blunder occurred while Trump, 78, was speaking with reporters at Joint Base Andrews military facility in Maryland after giving a speech at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 14.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The longer-term question is how much more patience and grace Trump’s base will grant Bondi, who already bears scars as the central figure in arguably the administration’s earliest blunder.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The poll had a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Except that is a simplification of what the original dialogue says, and a localization error with big consequences.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Boo-boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo-boo. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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