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hugaboo|ˈhʌgəˌbuː| [Fanciful, prob. infl. by bugaboo, hullabaloo, etc.] Portentousness, pomposity.
1930Eng. Rev. Feb. 140 The silly hugaboo of minutes and protocols. 1932S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm i. 9 Marriages..should take place in churches, with all the usual paraphernalia and hugaboo. |