boyo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɔɪ.əʊ/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔɪəʊ
Noun
boyo (plural boyos)
- (Ireland) A boy or lad.
- (sometimes derogatory) A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker.
- 1980, Tristan Jones, “Down the Old Kent Road”, in Adrift, Sheridan House, Inc, published 1992, →ISBN, page 73:
- “Can’t get onboard the boat,” Dai finished for me. “Bloody typical, it is, boyo.”
- 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.
- 1995, Peter Ho Davies, “The Ugliest House in the World”, in The Ugliest House in the World: Stories, 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.
- 2006, Francis Kerr Young, Hang on a Second!, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 210:
- “You’re crazy boyo!” Taffy gaped at his shipmate’s rosy cheeks, their hugh brightened by the Canadian blasts. “Now, what in the bloody hell were you doing out there boyo?”
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Usage notes
(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
- oboy, yobo
Buol
Noun
boyo
- fish
Javanese
Noun
boyo
- Nonstandard spelling of baya.
Ladino
Alternative forms
- boyos
- boyoz
Etymology
From Old Spanish bollo, from Latin bulla.
Noun
boyo m (Latin spelling)
- a stuffed salted pastry
Derived terms
- boyiko
Related terms
- bulema
Spanish
Verb
boyo
- first-person singular present indicative of boyar
Sranan Tongo
Noun
boyo
- a sweet cake made of grated cassava (manioc) and cocos
Coordinate terms
- dokun