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单词 boo word
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Definition of boo word in English:

boo word

noun
informal
  • A word or expression denoting something that is regarded with disapproval or dislike.

    〈非正式〉表示不赞成的词语;表示不满的表达

    positivism has become something of a boo word among many social scientists

    在许多社会科学家眼里,实证主义已成为某种令人嗤之以鼻的术语。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Why, I wonder… because it's a sort of code word or a boo word or laziness or what?
    • Mention has been made here before of an old university tutor of mine who used to divide the language into hooray words and boo words.
    • Ideology is a boo word, a pejorative word, but everyone has ideologies, you just have to proceed from that point of view.
    • It's obviously what Ian Kershaw (historian) called a fashionable boo word.

Definition of boo word in US English:

boo word

noun
informal
  • A word or expression denoting something that is regarded with disapproval or dislike.

    〈非正式〉表示不赞成的词语;表示不满的表达

    positivism has become something of a boo word among many social scientists

    在许多社会科学家眼里,实证主义已成为某种令人嗤之以鼻的术语。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Why, I wonder… because it's a sort of code word or a boo word or laziness or what?
    • Ideology is a boo word, a pejorative word, but everyone has ideologies, you just have to proceed from that point of view.
    • It's obviously what Ian Kershaw (historian) called a fashionable boo word.
    • Mention has been made here before of an old university tutor of mine who used to divide the language into hooray words and boo words.
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