booger

English

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard, boggart (bug + ard) or boggard

booger (plural boogers)

(US) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril
something suggestive of this material
- 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
  The latter is discovered by Caesar, Maurice, and their compadres living in a crumbling, snow-packed ski lodge, its antler chandeliers hung with boogers of ice in a mockery of humanity’s pretensions of alpha-predator-hood.
(US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus

Adyghe: пэцуй (păc°j)
Arabic: وَسَخ اَلْأَنْف‎‎ m (wasaḵ al-ʾanf)
Egyptian Arabic: كُنانة‎‎ f (kunana)
Bashkir: маңҡа (mañqa)
Belarusian: казя́ўка f (kazjáŭka)
Catalan: burilla f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼻屎 (zh) (bíshǐ), 乾鼻涕, 干鼻涕 (gān bítì), 鼻牛兒 (zh), 鼻牛儿 (zh) (bíniúr) ("nose cow"),, 鼻牛 (bíniú)
Czech: sopel (cs) m
Danish: bussemand (da) c
Estonian: konn (et), koll
Finnish: räkäpaakku, räkäklimppi
French: crotte de nez (fr) f, mucus (fr) m
Georgian: წვინტლი (c̣vinṭli), ჟღვინტლი (žɣvinṭli), ჟღვინტი (žɣvinṭi), ბოტოტი (boṭoṭi), ცინგლი (cingli), ჟღვლინტი (žɣvlinṭi)
German: Popel (de) m, Rotz (de) m, Schleim (de) m
Hungarian: fika (hu), takony (hu)

booger (plural boogers)

(surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) bodyboarder
Watch the local boogers charge it!

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