boo word
n.— «I am here not using “liberal” as a boo word meaning “Lefty,” but in its proper sense of offering freedom and opportunity.» —“How will Tories defeat those who hate us?” by Charles Moore Telegraph (United Kingdom) Sept. 2, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A lifeguard in Central Florida is perplexed when his fellow lifeguards indicate they’ve heard a radio transmission by responding with a phrase like Tower Two copies rather than Tower Two, copy. Which is correct? They both are. The word copy in radio...
Roderick in Jacksonville, Florida, says patients in his cardiac electrophysiology practice often look at the tangle of EKG wires on their chests and joke that now they’re wired for sound. What’s the origin of this phrase? Although to wire meaning...