booger

Etymology 1

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).

noun

1. (US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
   Mama says you mustn't pick boogers out of your nose with your fingers; you must use your handkerchief. 1948, Publication of the American Dialect Society, page 16
   Now in the halls of the necro lord / Flash of fear when he sees my sword / Raped his woman, smoked his bone / Leave a booger underneath his throne! 2006, Strapping Young Lad, “Far Beyond Metal”, in The New Black
2. (US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
   The latter is discovered by Caesar, Maurice, and their compadres living in a crumbling, snow-packed ski lodge, its antler chandeliers hung with boogers of ice in a mockery of humanity’s pretensions of alpha-predator-hood. July 7, 2017, Ignatiy Vishnevetskyg, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club
3. (US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

Etymology 2

From boogie board + -er.

noun

1. (surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.
   Watch the local boogers charge it!

Etymology 3

noun

1. A performer of the booger dance.