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Boopers

Definition:
Boopers are farts or flatulence. As a kid growing up (1970's), it was the only term we used for farts. It may, in fact, be a baby-talk term.

Usage:
Upon smelling a fart: "Ok! Who made a booper?!?"

Gotchies

Definition:
Gotchies are underwear (underpants, specifically). Also referred to as "under gotchies."

Usage:
My Mom would often yell at us kids in the mornings, "Come on, let's get ready to go! Go put your undergotchies on!"

Fuhgeddaboudit

Definition:
Forget about it.

Usage:
"Hey, tryin' ta get downtown durin' rush hour? - Fuhgeddaboudit!"

Gonchie pull

Definition:
A children's prank: To pull someone's underwear out of their pants from behind (known as a "wedgie") causing their underwear to ride up between the buttocks, and then hang them by their exposed underwear so their feet don't touch the ground (eg. from a doornob).

Usage:
"Let's give Mike Lowther a gonchie pull!"

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