different between noogie vs boogie

English

Alternative forms

• nugie, nuggie, noogy

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Yiddish ???????? (nudzhen, “to badger”), or possibly from Hebrew ?????? (nugot, “afflict”) (see Eicha/Lamentations 1:3) or possibly via an alteration of nudge, matching the alteration of wedge to wedgie.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??i

Noun

noogie (plural noogies)

1. (slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.
   • 1987, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 00:06:15

     Marti Page: Mom, is Grandpa Walter going to give me noogies? Susan Page: Of course he's going to give you noogies. He loves giving you noogies. That's how he tells you he loves you. Little Neal Page: Why doesn't he give me noogies? Susan Page: Because you get Indian burns. Little Neal Page: But I prefer noogies.

   • 1991, shooting script of Columbia Pictures My Girl Script, see also My Girl (film).

     Phil then proceeds to give Harry a noogie
     HARRY: HEY! WATCH THE HAIR!! THIS SHIRT GIVES!!! ALL RIGHT!!!!"

Synonyms

• Dutch rub

Translations

Verb

noogie (third-person singular simple present noogies, present participle noogying, simple past and past participle noogied)

1. (slang) To perform a noogie on.

Anagrams

• goonie

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