It's the question on every RHONJ fan's mind: what the heck is a boogawolf?
The odd word was dropped by cast member Jennifer Aydin during Wednesday's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 as an insult lobbed against Aydin's frequent frenemy, Margaret Josephs.
While out in Dublin with the rest of the Jersey ladies, Jen A. and Marge get into yet another fight at the dinner table.
"That's why you keep saying, like, 'Oh we made up! That's disingenuous! Do you see how you're duplicitous? Do you even know what that means?'" Aydin mocks Margaret. "Well, do you?" she retorts. "How about boogawolf, do you know what that means?" When Margaret says that, no, she has no clue what the word is, Jennifer doubles down: "That's what you are a boogawolf."
The rest of the wives, as well as all of us watching at home, are unsurprisingly perplexed by the slang word. "What the f*** is a boogawolf?" Rachel Fuda asks. "Is it a cartoon character?" Dolores Catania wonders. "It sounds like a booger...on a wolf," Melissa Gorga says.
The latter even strikes up a conversation with good ol' Siri on her phone to nail down the word's definition: "A very ugly person...something or someone who is very nasty," she explains to the rest of the women. "Oh, I'm horrible, hideous, heartbreaking!" Marge sarcastically cries in response.
"You know that Jen has been stewing on this, like, 'What can I call Margaret Josephs?'" Jennifer Fessler quips in a confessional. "She's like combing through the dictionary, like, 'What word will absolutely f***ing kill her? Boogawolf!"
Of Jen's chosen comeback, Rachel summed it up: "Yeah, she missed the mark. Missed the mark on that one."
Fans react to Jen Aydin's 'boogawolf' comment:
While some RHONJ viewers knew the meaning of the "boogawolf" insult—one commented on Twitter, "It's actually an old-school term for someone ugly," while another pointed to the term's rap ties (the word pops up in Ty Dolla $ign's lyrics for "Paranoid")—the majority were hearing the phrase for the first time.
Many agreed with Rachel Fuda that the insult was too confusing to actually be hurtful, while others are happily adding "boogawolf" to their personal dictionaries. Here's what fans are saying on social media about the funny moment:
🤣🤣 #Boogawolf I love Jennifer soooooo much!!! Hilarious, Marge had nothing to say and there’s Messy G looking up the definition 🤣 #RHONJ pic.twitter.com/bL1LaUTeQJApril 19, 2023
Lmao!!!! That whole "boogawoof" scene was such a boogawoof and I was dyyyying. 🤣 #RHONJApril 19, 2023
Jen… boogawoof? #rhonj pic.twitter.com/3x28gfRexYApril 19, 2023
“Hey Siri, what’s a boogawoof?” 😆 #rhonjApril 19, 2023
Let’s be honest here… Jen doesn’t listen to rap, let alone Ty Dolla and didn’t know what a #boogawolf was either until one of her 16 kids or her hair and make up people told her what it was. #RHONJ pic.twitter.com/rHuowZqidaApril 19, 2023
I have never heard of a boogawolf in my life. #RHONJ pic.twitter.com/8dbERVpbWBApril 19, 2023
Lmao they think Jennifer has to look for boogawoof in the dictionary? It’s actually a old school term for someone ugly #RHONJApril 19, 2023
#Boogawolf lolRidiculous.#rhonjApril 19, 2023
Jennifer really thought she did something with that boogawolf comment. I’m glad Margaret didn’t give her the reaction she was looking for. #RHONJApril 19, 2023
I learned a new word 😂 I love this word boogawolf @JenniferAydin how did you find this word #rhonjApril 19, 2023
Jen calling Margaret a Boogawolf has me in tears #rhonj pic.twitter.com/GEMZD6xDM7April 19, 2023
