bugaboo

Definitions


[ˈbʌɡəbuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an object of fear or alarm; a bogey
(e.g: inflation isn't the only possible bugaboo that could derail the stock market and the economy)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: apparently an alteration of bug ‘bogeyman’ (of unknown origin), with an alliterating extension, perhaps influenced by boo




definition by Oxford Dictionaries