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boogeyman

[boog-ee-man, boo-gee-] / ˈbʊg iˌmæn, ˈbu gi- /






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What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Artificial intelligence could be the boogeyman that gnaws at market share.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Was Deen really an early victim of the fictitious celebrity boogeyman now known as “cancel culture,” or was she appropriately harangued?

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025

With Moses as boogeyman, we are spared the more challenging question: Why did his worst decisions seem like such great ideas to so many people in the first place?

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2024

The other part runs screaming worse than a four-year-old begging her mama to chase the boogeyman out of the closet and off to a place where bad dreams don’t exist.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

One of the biggest boogeymen around these days is ultraprocessed food.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

I mean that AI now sits squarely atop the pile of modern parents’ anxieties, having rapidly eclipsed boogeymen like screen time and social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

The modern world is beset by boogeymen: pandemics, gun violence, floods, fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025

What we do not enjoy, however, is the pesky presence of well-known boogeymen like raw egg and flour, which are obviously not two items that should be eaten with such vigor.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023

They’re also conjuring boogeymen, even though the real culprits are tech giants.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022


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