Boo-boo
a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
a minor injury.
Contemporary Examples
Read Jon Favreau’s Full Commencement Address to College of the Holy Cross Jon Favreau May 26, 2014
Historical Examples
A Waif of the Plains Bret Harte
What Timmy Did Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
noun (pl) -boos
(informal) an embarrassing mistake; blunder
n.
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