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Bossies vs Boosies - What's the difference?

bossies | boosies |

As nouns the difference between bossies and boosies

is that bossies is while boosies is (informal|childish) a woman's breasts.

As an adjective bossies

is (south africa|slang) bosbefok; shell-shocked.

bossies

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    Diminutive of bosbefok.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (South Africa, slang) bosbefok; shell-shocked
  • * 1983 , Frontline (volume 3, issues 3-10, page 32)
    • What, for instance, of all those rumours about troops who went “bossies ” - bush-mad?
  • * 1987 , Andrew Donaldson, Forces' favourites (page 40)
    • "Herman has never been the same since he went bossies , anyway," said a girl with pale pink hair. "He is much less violent now and far more trustworthy. Our relationship has definitely improved since his re-enlistment."

    boosies

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (informal, childish) A woman's breasts.
  • * 1954 , Oren Arnold, The golden chair (page 89)
    • I swallowed hard, and I felt my ears beginning to burn. You know why? It was because of her boosies .
  • * 1999 , Sheila Kohler, Cracks (page 92)
    • Di wanted to weep because Miss G had never even touched her boosies . Then Fiamma pushed Miss G away from her, roughly.
  • * 2001 , Penelope Todd, Peri (page 65)
    • Peri's face was pink from the beach and she had a blue shirt so you could see the tops of her boosies and Mum said, 'Just one more button, Peri,' so she pulled the edges together but she didn't do up the button.