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What (who) is bugbear - definition
CREATURE FROM MYTH
Bugbears; Bugbears in popular culture; Bug bear; Bugabear
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Bugbear
·adj Causing needless fright.
II. Bugbear ·vt To alarm with idle phantoms.
III. Bugbear ·noun ·same·as Bugaboo.
IV. Bugbear ·noun Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, ·etc.
bugbear
n.
Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, bugaboo, Gorgon hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones, object of baseless terror.
bugbear
¦ noun
1. a cause of obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation.
2. archaic an imaginary being invoked to frighten children.
Origin
C16: prob. from obs. bug 'bogey' (of unknown origin) + bear2.
Wikipedia
Bugbear
A bugbear is a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the boogeyman (or bugaboo or babau or cucuy), and other creatures of folklore, all of which were historically used in some cultures to frighten disobedient children.
Examples of use of bugbear
1. Cheques do take time and we know queues are a bugbear.
2. Nearly 60% of secondary and almost 80% of primary heads cite workload as their top bugbear.
3. I concede we haven‘t worked out the kid thing; leave that bugbear for another day.
4. And it is such a lovely planet." "Silly wars" are a bugbear of Sir Patrick‘s.
5. Her latest bugbear is the Government‘s relaxed approach to sex education.