The word bugaboo, with a similar pair of meanings, may have arisen as an alteration of bugbear. It was also used to mean a general object of dread.
It relates to bugbear (from bug, meaning goblin or scarecrow, and bear), an imaginary demon in the form of a bear that ate small children. It may derive from the Middle English bogge or bugge, meaning a terror or scarecrow.
The word bogey originated in the mid-19th century, originally as a quasi- proper name for the devil. The term is sometimes used as a non-specific personification or metonym for terror, and in some cases, the Devil. Bogeymen may target a specific act or general misbehaviour, depending on what purpose needs serving, often on the basis of a warning from the child's authority figure. The bogeyman or conceptually similar monsters can be found in many cultures around the world. Bogeymen have no specific appearance and conceptions vary drastically by household and culture, but they are most commonly depicted as masculine or androgynous monsters that punish children for misbehaviour. The bogeyman ( / ˈ b oʊ ɡ i m æ n/ also spelled or known as bogyman, bogy, bogey, bogieman, boogie monster, boogieman, bugaboo, bug-a-boo, boogie woogie, bugabear, or bugbear and in North American English also boogeyman ) is a type of mythic creature used by adults to frighten children into good behaviour. Goya's Que viene el Coco' ("Here Comes the Boogeyman / The Boogeyman is Coming"), c. For other uses, see Bogeyman (disambiguation).
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