booboo

Dumb little error

A booboo is a minor injury, especially a child's scrape or bruise: Let me kiss your booboo and make it better.

By extension, a booboo is a small mistake or blunder: I made a booboo on the report.

The word belongs to baby talk and casual speech.

Also spelled boo-boo.

injury

scrape

Rub harshly against

  • scratchSuperficial wound or mark
  • bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
  • cutSeverance or reduction

bump · nick · graze · abrasion · owie · sore · welt · skinned knee · bandaid · swelling

childish

ouchie

Child's word for injury

blankie · whimper · pout · crybaby · nursery · toddler · playground · pacifier · naptime · sippy

mistake

blunder

Foolish, costly mistake

  • goofMinor foolish error
  • flubClumsy error
  • slipMinor error or misstep

error · gaffe · oops · oversight · misstep · fumble · blooper · snafu · botch · screwup

Categories
Opposites
injury severity

booboomortal wound

Injury causing inevitable death

compound fracture · third-degree burn · fatal injury · serious injury · trauma

error magnitude

booboofatal error

Unrecoverable computing malfunction

catastrophe · disaster · debacle · fiasco · calamity

Family

booboos

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G