boobery

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English

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Etymology

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From boob +‎ -ery.

Noun

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boobery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Folly; stupidity.
    • 1995, Dennis Merrill, Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, volume 28, page 474:
      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.