Is It Bogeys or Bogies?

Word forms: bogeyslanguage note: The spelling bogy and the plural form bogies are also used. A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. Age is another bogey for those in the acting business.

Why do they call them bogeys?

The term 'bogey' comes from a song that was popular in the British Isles in the early 1890s, called "The Bogey Man" (later known as "The Colonel Bogey March"). ... By the mid to late 1890s, the term 'bogey score' referred to the ideal score a good player could be expected to make on a hole under perfect conditions.

Is it bogey or bogie in golf?

"Bogie" is a common misspelling of "bogey." Bogey used as a verb means to play the hole in 1-over par: "I need to bogey the final hole to finish under 90." The past tense is "bogeyed" (sometimes spelled "bogied"); the past participle is "bogeyed" and the gerund or present participle is "bogeying."