boo boo
Childish term, injury
A boo boo is a minor injury, especially a child's scrape or bruise: Let me kiss your boo boo.
Adults use it playfully or self-deprecatingly for small mistakes: I made a boo boo on the tax forms.
The term is baby talk, often accompanied by comfort or dismissal depending on context.
- botchSpoil through incompetence
- bungleFail through clumsiness
- blooperEmbarrassing recorded mistake
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
honest mistake · cuddle · reassurance · bandage · flub · scrape · misdoing · oopsie · owie · foul-up · gaffe · soothing · misstep · abrasion · screw-up · boner · cut · hug
severity of injury
boo boofatal wound
Injury causing death
mortal wound · trauma · critical injury · emergency · hospitalization
outcome quality (as minor mistake)
boo boosuccess
Favorable outcome attained
triumph · perfection · flawless execution · stroke of genius · victory