"::darkshadows::" <blood@thirsty.net> wrote in
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> What is a booger made of?
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> Pronunciation: /BOO - grr/
> Function: noun
> Etymology: alteration of English dialect buggard, boggart, from 1bug +
> -ard Date: 1866
> 1 : BOGEYMAN
> 2 : a piece of dried nasal mucus
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> Boogers are mucus (myoo-kuss). Mucus is the thin, slippery material
> that is found inside your nose. Many people call mucus snot. Your nose
> makes nearly a cupful of snot every day. Snot is produced by the
> mucous membranes in the nose, which it moistens and protects.
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> When you inhale air through your nose, it contains lots of tiny
> particles, like dust, dirt, germs, and pollen. If these particles made
> it all the way to the lungs, the lungs could get damaged and it would
> be difficult to breathe. Snot works by trapping the particles and
> keeping them in the nose.
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> After these particles get stuck inside the nose, the mucus surrounds
> them along with some of the tiny hairs inside the nose called cilia.
> The mucus dries around the particles. When the particles and dried-out
> mucus clump together, you're left with a booger!
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> Boogers can be squishy and slimy or tough and crumbly. In fact,
> boogers are a sign that your nose is working properly.
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Boogers!!!! the name I have known from early childhood is bogeys!!!!
Mercury.
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