noun
pl. -·boos· a bugbear
Origin of bugaboo
bug + boobugaboo
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bugaboo
noun
pl. bug·a·boos- An object of often obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation: raising the bugaboo of socialism to derail a plan for national health insurance.
- A difficult or persistent problem: “At the bottom of all these deficiencies of planning and execution … lay that old bugaboo, lack of unity of command” ( Philip B. Davidson )
Origin of bugaboo
Perhaps of Celtic origin and akin to Welsh bwg ghostTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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