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Boo is an onomatopoeic word for a loud, startling sound, as an exclamation intended to

scare, or as a call of derision (see booing).
Boo or BOO may also refer to:

Contents
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1Places
2People

2.1Surname
2.2Given name or nickname

3Fictional characters
4Film and television
5Music
6Abbreviations, acronyms and codes
7Other uses
8See also

Places[edit]

Boo, Ghana, a town in Lawra District in the Upper West Region

Boo (Aller), Asturias, Spain, a parish
Boo, Guinea, in Nzrkor Prefecture
Boo Islands, West Papua, Indonesia
Boo, Sweden, in Stockholm County

People[edit]
Surname[edit]

Ben Boo (born 1925), American politician

Boo Junfeng (born 1983), Singaporean filmmaker
Karl Boo (19181996), Swedish politician
Katherine Boo (born 1964), American journalist and McArthur Fellow
Kurt Boo, Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s
Sigrid Boo (18981953), Norwegian author

Given name or nickname[edit]

Boo Cook (born 1972), British comics artist

Alexander Boo Ellis (19362010), American National Basketball Association
player
Greg Boo Harvey (born 1966), American former college basketball player
Marcus Boo Hewerdine (born 1961), British singer-songwriter
Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), former member of the Harlem Globetrotters
Boo McLee (born 1983), American football player
Albert Richmond Boo Morcom (19212012), American track and field athlete,
particularly in the pole vault
Shaunterous Boo Robinson (born 1987), American professional football defensive
tackle
Thomas Brent Boo Weekley (born 1973), American golfer
Eddie Lee Boo Williams (born 1979), American retired National Football League
wide receiver

Fictional characters[edit]

Boo (character), a ghost character in the Mario series

Boo, a baby human girl from Monsters, Inc.
Boo, a hamster belonging to Minsc in Baldur's Gate, and a character
in Megatokyo
Boo, a character in the manga and anime Crayon Shin-chan
Majin Boo ( Majin B?, also "Majin Buu"), a character from Dragon
Ball
Boo Radley, a character in To Kill a Mockingbird
Boo! (comic strip), a character in the British comic The Dandy created by Andy
Fanton

Film and television[edit]

Boo!(film), a 1932 comedy film

Boo(film), a 2005 horror film

Boo!(TV series), a 2003 BBC children's television series

"Boo" (CSI: NYepisode)
"Boo! (a.k.a. I'm With Her)", a 2004 episode of Frasier
"Boo" (Dark Angel), an episode of the television series Dark Angel
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, an animated film slated for release
in 2015

Music[edit]

Boo!(album), by Was (Not Was)

Boo! (band), a South African band
Born of Osiris, an extreme metal band
Boo (rapper), a former member of Boo & Gotti

Abbreviations, acronyms and codes[edit]

Boo, standard abbreviation for the constellation Botes

BOO, IATA airport code for Bod Airport in Norway
boo, ISO 639 code for the Bozo language, spoken in Mali
Build Own Operate, a form of infrastructure project operating concession
BOO, Better Off Out, a political campaign