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Our information network is much better protected than our railroad network, and someone who cracks a system is able to cause far less human damage than someone who derails a train. Why, then, has 'computer crime' caused so much hysteria? Perhaps because the public is so willing - eager, even - to be scared by bogeymen.
Charles Platt

Meaning of "bogeymen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOGEYMEN

bogeymen  [ˈbəʊɡɪˌmen] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOGEYMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bogeymen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOGEYMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bogeymen

Bogeyman

A bogeyman is a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults or older children to frighten bad children into good behavior. This monster has no specific appearance, and conceptions about it can vary drastically from household to household within the same community; in many cases, he has no set appearance in the mind of an adult or child, but is simply a non-specific embodiment of terror. Parents may tell their children that if they misbehave, the bogeyman will get them. Bogeymen may target a specific mischief—for instance, a bogeyman that punishes children who suck their thumbs—or general misbehaviour, depending on what purpose needs serving. In some cases, the bogeyman is a nickname for the Devil. Bogeyman tales vary by region. The bogeyman is usually a masculine entity but can be any gender or simply androgynous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOGEYMEN


assemblymen
əˈsemblɪˌmen
batmen
ˈbætˌmen
birdmen
ˈbɜːdˌmen
coachmen
ˈkəʊtʃˌmen
congressmen
ˈkɒŋɡrɪsˌmen
countrymen
ˈkʌntrɪˌmen
craftsmen
ˈkrɑːftsˌmen
dairymen
ˈdeərɪˌmen
deadmen
ˈdedˌmen
dogmen
ˈdɒɡˌmen
doormen
ˈdɔːˌmen
Dutchmen
ˈdʌtʃˌmen
ex-servicemen
ˌeksˈsɜːvɪsˌmen
firemen
ˈfaɪəˌmen
frogmen
ˈfrɒɡˌmen
G-men
ˈdʒiːˌmen
highwaymen
ˈhaɪweɪˌmen
icemen
ˈaɪsˌmen
journeymen
ˈdʒɜːnɪˌmen
jurymen
ˈdʒʊərɪˌmen

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOGEYMEN

bog whortleberry
bog-standard
bogan
Bogarde
bogart
bogbean
bogey
bogey hole
bogeyism
bogeyman
boggart
bogged
bogged down
bogger
bogginess
bogging
boggish
boggle
boggler
boggy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOGEYMEN

artillerymen
clergymen
fellow countrymen
ferrymen
flymen
handymen
hymen
infantrymen
laundrymen
laymen
liverymen
moneymen
nurserymen
Orkneymen
poultrymen
quarrymen
railwaymen
salarymen
tallymen
vestrymen

Synonyms and antonyms of bogeymen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bogeymen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOGEYMEN

Find out the translation of bogeymen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bogeymen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bogeymen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的精灵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cocos
570 millions of speakers

English

bogeymen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bogeymen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغيلان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выигрышной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bicho-papão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bogeymen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épouvantails
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bogeymen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feindbilder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bogeymanの複数形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bogeymen
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bogeymen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bogeymen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூதங்காட்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोगेमेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bogeymen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spauracchi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

straszydła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виграшною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bau-bau
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bogeymen
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bogeymen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bogeymen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bogeymen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bogeymen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOGEYMEN»

The term «bogeymen» is normally little used and occupies the 112.890 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOGEYMEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bogeymen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bogeymen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bogeymen

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QUOTES WITH «BOGEYMEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bogeymen.
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Charles Platt
Our information network is much better protected than our railroad network, and someone who cracks a system is able to cause far less human damage than someone who derails a train. Why, then, has 'computer crime' caused so much hysteria? Perhaps because the public is so willing - eager, even - to be scared by bogeymen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOGEYMEN»

Discover the use of bogeymen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bogeymen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bogeymen Don't Play Football
The students at Bailey School try to overcome their fears and their imaginations when they meet the new football coach and student teacher, Mr. Bogey, whom everyone begins to think may be the bogeyman.
Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones, 2009
2
Bogeymen
I quickly got that feeling summers used to give; when it was hard to imagine anything more important than an upcoming weekend party or spending the night at a friend's house. The story will appeal to everyone.
John Laubhan, 2003
3
Bogeymen
Small creatures flicker in the corners of Kate's vision, but the small ones were the least of her worries.
Bethany Mathews, 2013
4
A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
In all three cases, evils afflicting humanity in general are particularized in bogeymen from a specific group ± Catholics; and in all three, bogeymen are hybrids. Bogeymen as Disturbingly Mobile Many Renaissance bogeymen were ...
Guido Ruggiero, 2008
5
Bogeymen
Martin and his friends used to dare each other to go into old man Quigley's yard.
Jan Needle, 1992
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The Monster Book
FROM ITS BEGINNINGS, cinema brought a variety of bogeymen to the screen, beginning with Georges Melies's uncharacteristically grim short In the Bogie Man's Cave (1907), in which the titular Bogie Man was shown chopping apart a little ...
Christopher Golden, Stephen R. Bissette, Thomas E. Sniegoski, 2000
7
The Bogeyman
even a misunderstood bogeyman. Unlike sprites, bogeymen do more than make mischief. They are not content just to turn milk sour or steal eggs from chicken coops. Bogeymen are said to be dangerous. They are always evil, bad, and hateful ...
Stephen Krensky, 2007
8
The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Bill Gates Way: ...
The reclusive oil baron John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan, the king of Wall Street, both became bogeymen for the failings of the industrial age. Â Teddy Roosevelt built a political career that took him all the way to the White House on ...
Des Dearlove, 2010
9
Random Acts of Mayhem! Odyssey Through an Urban Landscape; ...
Luther Lovelace Jr. Random Acts of Mayhem! Odysseythroughan urban landscape; while ontheroadto redemption, a once privileged athlete encounters bogeymen, beardeddragons, sages, and other creatures representing life's harshand ...
Luther Lovelace Jr, 2011
10
The Ultimate Resource 2
Two. Bogeymen: "Urban. Sprawl". and. Soil. Erosion. This chapter tells at length the saga of the most conclusively discredited environmental-political fraud of recent times. Since the 1970s, many well-intentioned people have worried that ...
Julian L. Simon, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOGEYMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bogeymen is used in the context of the following news items.
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7/7 memories: I was on a helpdesk that day and one of my users died
This was the city freeze-framed, boxed-in by bogeymen. Some of us returned briefly to the office, only to be told by management to go home. «The Register, Jul 15»
2
How the Left Fails
As soon as someone reaches adulthood, he or she joins the left's bogeymen in the suburbs. The kicking action may be subtle. It may not always ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
3
Lebanon's politics and businesses are fair game, but don't insult its …
... rappers and an evening at a communist theme bar – and all regional bogeymen – ISIL, Hizbollah, Israel, Syria, the Palestinians and so on. «The National, Jul 15»
4
Astana Leans Hard on Media
Outlet upon outlet, from newspapers to television, immediately disappeared, with authorities citing connections to foreign bogeymen. «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
5
Former Italian PM Enrico Letta: Grexit will spark decline of European …
... and much proverbial hair pulling, with claims and counter claims about who the real bogeymen – Greece, the EU, ECB, or the whole lot – are. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
6
It's Groundhog Day in Mayo as the spectre of The Curse hovers
It causes grown men to feel uneasy, and mothers to cradle their children and whisper assurances that the only bogeymen Mayo people need ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
7
Scots beasts and bogeymen rediscovered in new book
Scots beasts and bogeymen rediscovered in new book. The Pentland Imp from the Book of Beasties. Picture: Contributed. ALISTAIR GRANT ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 15»
8
Summer Terrors: Brain Eating Amoebae!
Of all the scary summertime bogeymen, amoeba might win any contest. After all, what could top “Brain-eating.” It's much catchier than ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
9
Bruce Plante Cartoon: 239 Years old
... of women, Prohibition, Adolf Hitler, Tojo, Stalin, cold war, hot war, phony wars and a pantheon of bogeymen, gun nuts and Sasquatch! «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
10
Harper's Canada Day speech and the Canadian identity
In the absence of the twin bogeymen of rampant separatism and anti- Americanism, Conservatives are free to forge a new Canadian identity. «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bogeymen [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bogeymen>. Apr 2024 ».
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