Editing Booing (section)

{{short description|Form of criticism}}
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{{Distinguish|Boeing}}
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[[File:Indians Fans Booing Tigers Fans (6844561517).jpg|thumb|Fans of one American baseball team booing supporters of another]]
'''Booing''' is an act of publicly showing displeasure for someone or something, such as an entertainer or an athlete, by loudly yelling "Boo!" and sustaining the "oo" sound by holding it out. It may be accompanied by hand gestures such as the [[Thumbs signal|thumbs down]] sign.

Players booed for their performance reported that booing "spooked" or "bothered" them or their teammates to the point that it "affected their performance". [[Nick Swisher]] stated "It hurts. Sometimes I'm a sensitive guy and some of the things people say, they get under your skin a little bit." [[Ledley King]] stated, "It just frustrates me when the crowd boo England, who is that going to help? It just heaps more pressure on the players and gives us even less of a chance of scoring". However, the counterargument goes that the combination of booing and applause help keep the quality of public performance high, by emotionally rewarding the good and punishing the bad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yankee Stadium boos "spooked a lot of guys" according to anonymous Yankee |author=Aaron Gleeman |publisher=NBC Sports: Hardball Talk |date=October 19, 2012 |url=http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/19/yankee-stadium-boos-spooked-a-lot-of-guys-according-to-anonymous-yankee/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yankees' Nick Swisher says fans blamed him for Derek Jeter's injury after he misplayed ball in right field during Saturday's ALCS Game |author=Peter Botte|work=New York Daily News|date=October 14, 2012|quote="It hurts. Sometimes I'm a sensitive guy and some of the things people say, they get under your skin a little bit. I've been lucky to be here for the past four years, bro. We're not going to go out like this. We're going to go to Detroit and give everything we've got." |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/swisher-stadium-fans-skin-article-1.1183514#ixzz2FRsmnUa0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=To boo or not to boo? |author=Mark A. |publisher=BBC |date=October 8, 2008 |quote="It just frustrates me when the crowd boo England, who is that going to help? It just heaps more pressure on the players and gives us even less of a chance of scoring" |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A42086630|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015090311/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A42086630 |archive-date=2008-10-15 }}</ref>

Booing is not always a judgement of performance, but can be an expression of disapproval of a third party.<ref name="Klepek2015"/>