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[*] posted on 8-8-2025 at 07:28 AM
Boojum- today's Word of the Day


A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

boojum

PRONUNCIATION:
(BOO-juhm)

MEANING:
noun: An imaginary or elusive goal whose pursuit may lead to ruin.

ETYMOLOGY:
After an imaginary animal in Lewis Carroll’s poem “The Hunting of the Snark”. In the poem, the Boojum is a particularly dangerous type of Snark, whose sudden appearance causes the hunter to “softly and suddenly vanish away”. Earliest documented use: 1876.

USAGE:
“Wheeler would find a new boojum to hunt, and be hunted by.”
Harry Blank; The Breach Goes On: Deadlined Hub; 2024.
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