boo up

English

Etymology

From boo (“significant other”); compare booed up.

Verb

boo up (third-person singular simple present boos up, present participle booing up, simple past and past participle booed up or boo'd up)

  1. (intransitive, originally African-American Vernacular, chiefly US, slang) To start a romantic relationship with someone.
    • 2022 May 20, Chuck Arnold, “Harry Styles takes it to the bedroom on ‘Harry’s House’”, in New York Post‎[1]:
      Although the No. 1 single “As It Was” set the shimmying, shimmering stage for the album — with its ’80s pogo pop that has you breaking out your best Molly Ringwald moves — the second half of “Harry’s House” settles into dreamy, woozy balladry that will have you booing up. Or getting on Tinder to find one.
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