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Boyo vs Bolo - What's the difference?

boyo | bolo |

As a noun boyo

is (ireland) a boy or lad.

As an acronym bolo is

an all-points bulletin (apb) with information to pick up an individual.

boyo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Ireland) A boy or lad.
  • A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man (usually younger than the speaker).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1980
    • , year_published=1992 , publisher=Sheridan House, Inc , author=Tristan Jones , title=Adrift , chapter=Down the Old Kent Road citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=HQfybxyQceoC&pg=PA73&dq=boyo&lr=&ei=k65hTIzSO5vqzATzzdntBA&cd=14
  • v=onepage&q=boyo&f=false
    • , isbn=9780924486302 , page=73 , passage=“Can’t get onboard the boat,” Dai finished for me. “Bloody typical, it is, boyo .”}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1995
    • , year_published=2003 , publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , author=Peter Ho Davies , title=The Ugliest House in the World: Stories , chapter=The Ugliest House in the World citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=BG5MrMIDZdoC&pg=PA4&dq=boyo+wales&hl=en&ei=BLBhTKGVJY2ROM65gIUK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgU
  • v=onepage&q=boyo%20wales&f=false
    • , isbn=9780395924808 , page=4 , passage=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.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006
    • , publisher=Lulu.com , author=Francis Kerr Young , title=Hang on a Second! citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=JKCaoN7g-eYC&pg=PA210&dq=boyo&lr=&ei=Ia9hTP2CApGuzASNz5nqCQ&cd=55
  • v=onepage&q=boyo&f=false
    • , isbn=9781411657267 , page=210 , passage=“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 ?”}}

    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.

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    bolo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, heavy, single-edged machete ().
  • A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide ().
  • A request for law enforcement officers to B'e '''O'''n the ' Lo okout for a suspect.
  • Designating a type of punch; an uppercut.
  • *1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 141:
  • *:He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.

    • See also

    * golok (Indonesian) * machete * parang * tabak (Filipino)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
  • *
  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

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