Booger

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Booger may refer to:

• Mucus or snot, usually dried nasal mucus which is commonly extracted from the nose with the use of a thumbnail (U.S. colloquial)
• A ghost or hobgoblin used to frighten children, also boogerman, boogieman, or bogeyman (mainly southern U.S.).
• "Booger wiper," an informal slur describing an minor political critic.

Medical Uses

• Protecting the inside of the nostrils from irritation.

People

• Marco Boogers (born 1967), retired footballer from the Netherlands
• Johann Lucas Boër (1751–1835), born Johann Lucas Boogers, German physician
• Bastion Booger or Mike Shaw (1957–2010), American professional wrestler
• Anthony McFarland (born 1977), NFL defensive lineman nicknamed "Booger"
• Ed Smith (streetball player), American streetball player nicknamed "Booger"

Characters

• Dudley "Booger" Dawson, a character played by Curtis Armstrong in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series

Other uses

• Boogertown, North Carolina, a community in the United States