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Bwoy vs Bhoy - What's the difference?

bwoy | bhoy |

As nouns the difference between bwoy and bhoy

is that bwoy is while bhoy is (dialect|west coast scottish|irish) boy or bhoy can be (dated|fandom slang|jocular) boy.

As an interjection bhoy is

(dated|fandom slang|jocular) exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

bwoy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1891, author=Charles Dudley Warner, title=Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But eesterday he guided slow My downcast Jenny, vull o' woe, An' then my little maid in black, A-walken softly on her track; An' after he'd a-turn'd ageaen, To let me goo along the leaene, He had noo little bwoy to vill His last white eaerms, an' they stood still. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1902, author=M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell), title=North, South and Over the Sea, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And Susan, she did write back immediate an' say, 'My poor bwoy , there be a sad surprise in store for you .' }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1994, date=November 18, author=Rosalind Cummings, title=Hip Hop Godfather, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Then comes the Stones' "Miss You"; on cue, the crowd yells in unison, "What's da matter wich you bwoy !" }}

    bhoy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, West Coast Scottish, Irish) Boy.
  • A tough, a thug.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, fandom slang, jocular) Boy.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1952 , date = September , first = Chuck , last = Harris , authorlink = , magazine = Hyphen , title = James White Meets Me , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Hyphen/Hyphen2-15.html , issue = 2 , page = 16 , passage = Whilst he was searching Luna in an attempt to spot Ego, the two Irish Bhoys tried to focus the other 'scope on the bedroom of a brunette opposite. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 2008 , date = February , first = Nic , last = Farey , authorlink = , magazine = Tits, Sausages and Ballet Shoes , title = Chapter Four , url = http://efanzines.com/TSBS/TSBS.pdf , issue = , page = 12 , passage = Refreshed from my little rest, I am left to guard the turrets as the bhoy goes to fetch his beloved who has returned from her daily toils }}

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (dated, fandom slang, jocular) Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1952 , date = September , first = Chuck , last = Harris , authorlink = , magazine = Hyphen , title = James White Meets Me , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Hyphen/Hyphen2-15.html , issue = 2 , page = 15 , passage = assumed that the clot howling in a McCormick tenor and interspersing his shrieks with "Oh Bhoy'! Oh ' Bhoy !" was my best friend and co-editor }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1962 , date = June , first = Francis Marion , last = Busby , authorlink = Francis Marion Busby , magazine = Cry of the Nameless , title = With Keen Blue Eyes and a Bicycle... , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Cry_of_the_Nameless/Cry161-14.html , issue = 161 , page = 14 , passage = Philadelphia in '53 had repercussions because they couldn't have anything resembling dancing or music. They had people parading around in costume in the meeting hall with the chairs still there. Hoo Bhoy ! }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1995 , date = September , first = Franz H. , last = Milkis , authorlink = , magazine = The Space Cadet Gazette , title = Ook Ook, Slobber Drool! Letters of Comment , url = http://efanzines.com/SpaceCadet/SpaceCadet04.pdf , issue = 3 , page = 28 , passage = Oh Bhoy ! This "I dream of 4E" (Forry?) nearly unsocked myself with laughter. Reminds me somehow of Ian Banks' books that must be something like retold dreams, too. }}
    Related terms
    * oh bhoy

    Usage notes

    This fanspeak word is used instead of the standard form to indicate a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom.