boyo
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Noun[edit]
boyo (plural boyos)
- (Ireland) A boy or lad.
- (sometimes derogatory) A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker.
- 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 13:
- “What brings you around, boyo?” Deane asked, offering Case a narrow bonbon wrapped in blue-and-white checked paper.
- 1984, Frederick Forsyth, The Fourth Protocol, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 301:
- ‘This, er, initiator of polonium and lithium, would it be used in an anti-personnel bomb?’ he asked. ‘Oh yes, you could say so, boyo,’ replied the Welshman.
- 1995, Peter Ho Davies, “The Ugliest House in the World”, in The Ugliest House in the World: Stories[2], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2003, →ISBN, page 4:
- A taff is a Welshman. Everyone in the doctors’ mess calls me taff or taffy. Mr Swain, the mortuary attendant, calls me boyo, especially during the rugby season when Wales lose badly.
Usage notes[edit]
(form of address for a man): When used to address a Welshman by a non-Welshman this can be (perceived as) derogatory or patronising; use by obviously Welsh people to anyone is rarely derogatory but may still be patronising, especially if used to address someone older than oneself.
Anagrams[edit]
Buol[edit]
Noun[edit]
boyo
Javanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
boyo
- Nonstandard spelling of baya. Romanization of ꦧꦪ
Ladino[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish bollo, from Latin bulla.
Noun[edit]
boyo m (Latin spelling)
- a stuffed salted pastry
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Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
boyo
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Noun[edit]
boyo
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