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boyo

noun
/ˈbɔɪ.əʊ/UK/ˈbɔɪ.oʊ/US

Etymology

From boy + -o.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. suffixed as boyo — “boy + o”

Definitions

  1. A boy or lad.

  2. A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker.

    • “Don't be daft, boyo. First chance I get, and I'm skipping!”
    • “Can’t get onboard the boat,” Dai finished for me. “Bloody typical, it is, boyo.”
    • “What brings you around, boyo?” Deane asked, offering Case a narrow bonbon wrapped in blue-and-white checked paper.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for boyo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA