Bogle
a bogy; specter.
Contemporary Examples
How OWN Got Its Groove Back Allison Samuels June 20, 2013
Lorraine Toussaint on ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ ‘Scandal’ & the Oscars Allison Samuels December 14, 2012
Historical Examples
The Camp in the Snow William Murray Graydon
The Camp in the Snow William Murray Graydon
English Fairy Tales Anonymous
The Camp in the Snow William Murray Graydon
Magic and Religion Andrew Lang
The Camp in the Snow William Murray Graydon
The Camp in the Snow William Murray Graydon
The Camp in the Snow William Murray Graydon
noun
a dialect or archaic word for bogey1 (sense 1)
(Scot) a scarecrow
noun
a rhythmic dance, originating in the early 1990s, performed to ragga music
verb
(intransitive) to perform such a dance
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buy one, get one: an offer to a customer to buy an item and receive a second item at a discount.
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bogo-sort algorithm, humour /boh”goh-sort”/ (Or “stupid-sort”) The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of […]
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