Boyo vs Bobo - What's the difference?
boyo | bobo |
(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
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
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!
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 ?”}}
As a noun boyo
is (ireland) a boy or lad.boyo
English
Noun
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