https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boop
The only good one of course.
Affectionately poking someone on the nose, often accompanied by saying "Boop!"
Nora casually booped Ren on the nose when they met up.
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boop
booped; booping; boops
transitive verb
1
a: a low pitched noise
b: a message
2
a: use of force to drive or impel
b: to move by a sudden use of force
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If you were playing with ow people it would definitely have to be considered a word 
I donât know what itâs called, but Sombra gave it to me.
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THIS IS A RWBY REFERENCE. THE SONG I LINKED IS ABOUT THIS INTERACTION
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Wiktionary is a user run dictionary. As in anyone can make an entry
Letâs check Collins annnddd
Boop
(v) to poke the nose (usu. of an animal)
(n) such a poke
Submitted By: Daniel P - 24/05/2023
Oh look- another user submitted definition.
These sources are as âofficialâ as urban dictionary
Boop isnt an âactualâ word. Itâs a colloquial word that plenty of people may understand the use, alot of words are- but when talking about what is or isnât an âactualâ word, thatâs a very different concept.
Do you think there are dictionary police or something that regulate websters? lol.
No one uses âofficialâ dictionaries anymore.
Not in 2024.
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When talking about what âofficialâ words are - they do.
Well live in your little fantasy world, I wonât stop you, lol.
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Projecting a bit?
Youâre the spitting example of I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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Um, okay?
Calling the word âboopâ not a word, is one of the silliest things Iâve ever heard, lol.
I imagine you pushing up your glasses like, âMahoy! Look itâs not in webster-meriams dictionary, therefore it is not a word! Gleekin! (simpsons nerd voice)â
Learn to think for yourself.
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You cope with being wrong in an amusing way. But you do you.
You have an interesting way of just saying âyouâre wrong,â without providing any rebuttal as to why. Kind of like ânah uh,â lol. But you do you.
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only around here could there be such a heated argument over foolishness like this.
my take:
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Words take time to officially become recognised. Language is ever evolving, itâs not rigid. Boop is a word, because millions of people use it and recognise its meaning.
Dude. âLolâ is in the freaking Oxford dictionary. The pinnacle of dictionaries. Would you consider âlolâ to be more of a word than boop? Pffffffffffffffffft.
Language is ever evolving and changing. To not recognise a word is a word just because itâs not in the âprestigious authority of wordsâ yet make you a sheep to authority.
Language will evolve and live on for as long as people do. As old as it is, your prestigious Oxford is finite.
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I assure you, it is an actual word. Not all actual words are put into oxford though.
Totally - It is like saying email didnât exist before oxford put it definition in the dictionary.
I mean, I was using it, and FTP etc, well before oxford decided it was to go into the dictionary.
It seems crazy to point at a thing and say âThis canât be a thing, because the dictionary hasnât defined itâ, while huge numbers of people are using it.
Next someone is going to say Dogs donât have noses, because snoot doesnât exist either.
What are you booping, if not a snoot?
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Hi, English teacher here! I know this subject better than you, and wellâŚyouâre wrong. Just stop, dude. Words donât have to be acknowledged by an âofficialâ dictionary to be words, and itâs honestly kinda embarrassing that this is the hill you want to die on.
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âŚThey do for the purposes of some formal writing and Scrabble, the latter of which is what the thread is about. I donât think Sideways means that it isnât a word in the sense of it being gibberish. At least, I hope they donât.
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It isnât yet, but looks like itâs being evaluated for inclusion in at least one. It will be eventually. Iâm actually a little surprised it hasnât made it yet.
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I use Urban Dictionary because I am constantly reading new slang I am too GenX to understand.
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