Bogey
Just to add to the entry in the Big List. Bogey, at least in the UK, is also a term for detritus from the nose, a lump of snot, in other words.The word in this sense was certainly around in the 50s...
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"Snotty" is used to mean all or any of snooty/pretentious/bolshy in the UK. As well as describing (as aldi so delicately puts it) detritus from the nose.
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Dr T: or in military (aviation) to refer to (I think) unknown or hostile craft.Do they call a Humvree a 'Bogey'?
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When someone refers to a difficulty as 'a real booger', I've always assumed it to come from 'bugger'.When identifying 'bogey' words, include the idler wheels on a tracked vehicle such as a Cat, a tank...
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The current Mars rovers, at least, have no tracks and all six wheels are driven.
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You are correct, Dr. T... and yet they call the suspension assembly a 'bogey'. I suppose that is a term for the rocker mechanism?
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"The design of the suspension system for the wheels is similar to the Sojourner rover "rocker-bogie" system on the Pathfinder mission. The suspension system is how the wheels are connected to and...
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In general US usage today, the railroad carriage would be a 'truck'. A rocker suspension would be a 'bogey', and that word is used quite frequently. It is common on snowmobiles, for instance, as well...
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A flat bogie is also a certain type of trailer portion for an artic, upon which large plant is transported by road.I have also heard the term flat bogie applied to a stretcher, but I think that was...
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IMO the negative word to describe kids or people is not booger .It is "bugger" from the English, who use it much more than Americans. "Bugger off"(get lost) is quite popular too.
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I have heard both bugger and booger used to talk about kids. I agree, bugger sounds like someone trying to sound British. But I have heard "come here, you little booger" (mostly from my younger...
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FWIW just noticed that MWO lists bogie as an alternative for bogey. MWO has nothing about the nose in the definitions.
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I was under the impression that an unknown aircraft ,or radar contact, was a bogey until it was identified. At that point it would either be referred to as a "bandit" (if Hostile) or was deemed...
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Most of the web references I can find support your distinction, although some say "enemy aircraft" as well or instead, and the OED2 says "an unidentified aircraft; an enemy aeroplane". The latter...
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Somehow - I couldn't find out in which way exactly - bogey must be related to German Butz / Butze / Butzen.Butz / Butzen has three main meanings:1. bogeyman, ghost, devil2. mucus, bogey3. core (of an...
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3. core (of an apple) - a related meaning refers to the small whitish bit in the middle of a strawberry with the leaves on top, the bit you pluck out before you eat the strawberry - is there any...
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The hull or husk (which is really supposed to be the outer layer but is applied to the inner bit as well). If you must know, we had strawberries and ice cream for tea last night (dinner to everyone...
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