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one over par, one under the radar, and somehow named after a phantom golfer who never existed
means In golf, a bogey is a score of one stroke over par on a hole; more broadly, 'bogie' names a goblin or phantom, and also the pivoting wheel-truck under a railway carriage.
from From an old word for a goblin or hobgoblin — the same family that gives us 'bogeyman' and 'boggart,' rooted in dialect words for a frightening spectre. The golf sense grew out of this: around the turn of the 20th century 'Bogey' became an imagined ideal opponent, the phantom player you measured yourself against, and a 'bogey score' was the figure this ghostly rival was supposed to make. (The popular tale ties it to a music-hall song about 'the Bogey Man.') Only later did par overtake it as the standard, leaving bogey to mean one stroke worse. The railway 'bogie' is a separate, murkier branch — a 19th-century mechanical term of uncertain origin.
- phantom origin
- Named after Bogey Man, an imaginary scratch golfer from 1890s song
- once meant par
- Originally the good score, not the bad one
- radar slang
- Pilots call unidentified aircraft bogies
- train term
- British word for a railcar's wheel assembly
- nose dweller
- Also slang for dried nasal mucus
humphrey bogart — american actor (1899-1957) whose nickname was 'bogie' from his role in the petrified forest
golf bogey — one stroke over par on a hole, term originated in golf in the 1890s