wooly bugger
n.— «Anything or anyone frightful looking, as “he looked like a wooly booger with that long hair and ragged clothes.”» —by Michael Montgomery , 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Responding to our conversation about the word chat, meaning “the gravelly residue of mines,” Isabella from Marquette, Michigan, reports that where she lives, in the state’s Upper Peninsula, such runoff is commonly called slag. She uses some made-up...
A listener adds to our collection of slang used by RV enthusiasts. When she’s not in her sticks and bricks–that is, her brick-and-mortar home in Michigan–she’s driving around in her motor home chasing 70, which in the RV community means “trying to...