bugaboo word
n.— «I hope he will be defeated so badly that the bugaboo word Imperialism will never be heard again.» —“What Republicanism Has Done in Wyoming” by Francis R. Warren Fort Wayne News (Indiana) Oct. 12, 1900. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Eric from West Lafayette, Indiana, wonders which phrase is correct when referring to “making the grade” or “meeting expectations”: Is it cut the mustard or cut the muster? It’s the former, a reference to the strong...
Taylor in Casper, Wyoming, carefully prepared her three-year-old son to meet his great grandparents for the first time. He misunderstood the great, and calls them Grandma and Grandpa Grape. Naturally, so does the rest of the family. Grant observes...