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How to pronounce bogeyman in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear
Type of monster

Examples of bogeyman

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The Austrians see the bogeyman as deflation, the fear of which inflates bubbles.
From the economist.com
Profit, once the hallowed byproduct of capitalism, was the bogeyman of Davos 2009.
From the omaha.com
This is the bogeyman of scuba divers that all novices divers are drilled to avoid.
From the newscientist.com
Libya was the bogeyman and the U.S. spread misinformation about Libya in that era.
From the world.time.com
The male-dominated right wing has created a bogeyman, or in this case a bogeywoman.
From the time.com
Walker constantly painted Illinois as the bogeyman during his recall attempt.
From the suntimes.com
How much of a bogeyman was the East India Company for the American colonists?
From the time.com
Parents may tell their children that if they misbehave, the bogeyman will get them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Since joining the Red Shirts'cause, he has also become Thailand's scariest bogeyman.
From the theatlantic.com
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  • An imaginary monster used to frighten children
  • The bogeyman (also spelt bogieman, boogeyman or boogieman) is a legendary monster. The bogeyman has no specific appearance and conceptions of the monster can vary drastically even from household to household within the same community; in many cases, he simply has no set appearance in the mind of ...
  • Mommo the Bogeyman (Turkish: Mommo: Ku0131z Kardeu015Fim) is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by Atalay Tau015Fdiken, about two young siblings who find refuge with their grandfather after their mother dies and their fatheru2019s new wife rejects them...
  • The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola. ...
  • A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories; Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract
  • A grim spectral figure who delights in menacing mortals with rather gruesome pranks and abductions. Although the lore of this character has degenerated into a familiar device used to threaten rambunctious children, the 'Bogey' was formerly soundly dreaded in Celtic regions, and was said to prowl ...
  • The player only sees 2 red blinking eyes, when a lemmings walks by, he will be taken away or is eaten in place.
  • The word bogeyman appears in the English language in 1890; while the term usually is used in reference to an imaginary being feared by children, it also refers to someone or something that is terrifying.
  • The first place world ranker. He has a fox IC named JOL.