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Other slang terms used to describe eye discharge include eye boogers, eye mattering, eye gunk and eye pus. Sometimes called rheum, eye discharge has a protective function, removing waste products and potentially harmful debris from the tear film and the front surface of your eyes.
Eye boogers are the dry, crumbly or sticky gobs that can be found around the corner of the eye or one the lashes after a nightâs sleep. Some people get eye boogers even when they havenât slept. While a fairly common phenomenon in humans, dogs and even cats, the field of ophthalmology hasnât been able to come up with a scientific name for it. In fact, the only technical term that is used by eye doctors to describe what we call âsleep dustâ, âeye goopâ or âeye boogersâ in everyday life is âmatteringâ.