different between boogie vs loogie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu??i/, /?b??i/
• Rhymes: -u??i, -??i

Noun

boogie (plural boogies)

1. (informal) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.

   Synonym: booger

2. (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
   • 1966 Liberation: An Independent Monthly, Volumes 11-12, page 66

     in front of the White House during the crisis over admission of James Meredith to the Univeristy of Mississippi, we were counterpicketed by five members of the American Nazi Party. One of them carried two placards: one saying "Who Needs Niggers?" and the other "Back to the Trees, Boogies!" Finally a passerby, incensed by the sight of the Stars-and-Stripes being carried alongside the Nazi Swastika, assaulted one of the Nazis

3. (informal) Dancing usually prominently exhibiting movements of the buttocks.
4. (skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.

Derived terms

• boogie board
• boogie box
• boogie-woogie
• boogie down

Translations

Verb

boogie (third-person singular simple present boogies, present participle boogying or boogieing, simple past and past participle boogied)

1. (intransitive) To dance a boogie.
2. (intransitive, informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.

Spanish

Noun

boogie m (plural boogies)

1. boogy

English

Alternative forms

• loogy

Etymology

Origin unknown; possibly from Luger, Lou, Lue or Louie; possibly from the name of the baseball player Lou Gehrig (from the habit of baseball players of spitting); possible variant of booger.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l??g'i, IPA^(key): /?lu??i/
• Rhymes: -u??i

Noun

loogie (plural loogies)

1. (US, slang) A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm.
2. (US, slang) Any thick, disgusting liquid.

Translations

Anagrams

• goolie