We are all frightened by this mysterious character, but we cannot seem to agree on what to call him. His aliases include bogeyman, bogyman, boogeyman, boogyman, boogieman, and also boogerman, boogarman, and buggerman. The original word was probably bogey or bogy with the other forms springing up as pronunciation spellings. Pronunciation options include (b´g), (b´g), (bg´), or (bg´r), (b´gr), or even (bg´r). According to the Dictionary of American Regional English, the form boogerman prevails in the South, and boogeyman everywhere else in the United States.
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