Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boobery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boobery
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Folly; stupidity.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Others were acts of sheer boobery. The whole thing was called "the mess in Washington." Tom Dewey made a point that he was going to clean it up in his 1948 campaign."

Etymology

From boob + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: boob

Usage

Questions

What does boobery mean?: Folly; stupidity.
Where does boobery come from?: From boob + -ery.

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