Other words for "booger"

RJK · Nov 18, 2009

In Vegas, because of the dry air they call them nose boulders.

K.Bristow · Nov 18, 2009

You know...at midnight when I finally signed off, I laughed for about 15 minutes at how intense our quest has become for the perfect synonym for booger. This morning - I'm still laughing!!!

Chase · Nov 18, 2009

I'm with Sheadakota:

If you kiss your honey,
And her nose is runny,
Don't think it's honey,
'Cause it's not ('cause it's snot)

Dawnny Baby · Nov 18, 2009

"Nose pickings" might be an acceptable Revolutionary War term?

But in my house, when my tots have the green slimeys running down to their lips, we call them "snot rockets."

(As a mom, this thread is waaaaay up my alley!

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Mike Martyn · Nov 18, 2009

Green gold.

As in "The kid was rooting around in his nose for some of that green gold"

Ariella · Nov 18, 2009

Random trivia: I once read in a very dry work of onomastics that Nottingham was originally spelled Snotingaham and that the name means "the hamlet of the followers of Snot." Snot, as it turns out, was a Viking whose name in Old Norse means ... snot.

Chase · Nov 19, 2009

Ariella said:
Random trivia: I once read in a very dry work of onomastics that Nottingham was originally spelled Snotingaham and that the name means "the hamlet of the followers of Snot." Snot, as it turns out, was a Viking whose name in Old Norse means ... snot.

The spin put onto old names is often hilarious. My last name happens to be Nottingham, so I found its origins of interest when studying Old English in grad school. According to my text way back then, the name was, indeed, Snot-inge-ham, but it meant "smart-people's-home." The term "snot" still carries some of the meaning today, as a snot can mean a smart aleck.

Irishgirl · Nov 21, 2009

Canotila said:
I'm trying to write a scene where the protag is hiding in fear under a desk, and she notices a pretty hefty dried booger deposit on the underside of the desk near her head.

As in 'She found a coveted deposit of nose gold underneath the desk'? Sometimes you think funny things when you are scared, then you wonder if you're going to live long enough to tell someone about it.

Ms Hollands · Nov 22, 2009

We called them greenies when I was a kid, but I guess that's changed to a more environmental meaning now...

Also:
Lugies (to "hock a lugie" is to dig out some boogers either manually or by blowing hard)

...and my recent favourite for the act of picking one's nose: "digging for treasure" - I love that term!

brokenfingers · Nov 23, 2009

I prefer nose nugget.

Other words for "booger"

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