2014年10月28日 · Why do we use the word "boo" when we are displeased with something, and also when we want to scare someone? Boo, including variations such as "bo" or "boh," goes back around 500 years.

2014年10月4日 · While the Oxford English Dictionary notes the similarity between bo and the Latin boāre and the Greek βοãv, both meaning “to cry aloud, roar, shout,” it’s unlikely that bo and boo—as nonsensical exclamations—derived from these words.

2011年10月28日 · Everyone knows that ghosts say “boo,” but when did they first start using that scary word? And what about ghosts in other parts of the world—do they have their own version of boo ?

2024年10月2日 · Boo Gets Scarier. But boo became scarier with time. After all, as the OED notes, the word is phonetically suited “to produce a loud and startling sound.”

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2016年10月31日 · The Oxford English Dictionary compares “boo” to the Latin boare and the Greek boaein, “to cry aloud, roar, shout.” So when a ghost says “boo,” then, in a certain historical sense, it’s saying “I’m yelling,” which is super adorable. Even better, notes Wickman, the English “boo” has siblings across Europe.

2022年10月27日 · How to say “Boo!” in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. While in western cultures, “Boo” sounds more or less similar (like “Bouh” in French and “Buh” in German), Asian societies seem to prefer starting the scary sound with the sound of “w” or “h”.

2019年12月21日 · It can be traced back to a Greek word which means "to cry aloud/ to shout". So when people say boo, they are essentially saying, "I am yelling." And perhaps it is the yelling that scares people as it is unexpected. I may be wrong but thats one explanation. That’s what ghosts say and they’re trying to impersonate them.

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2018年10月18日 · “Say boo and scary on” is a Halloween saying that has been printed on many images. The saying borrows on the famous British World War II “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster. “Say boo and scary on! Some last minute Halloween decorating ideas and tutorials. http://bit.ly/cD3YsS” was posted on Twitter by Jen Wallace on October 28, 2010.