Examples
“Others might regard him as a conscienceless, borderline psychopath, and the riveting central performance by Rhys Ifans, who plays Marks as a charming, raffish boyo from the Welsh valleys, doesn't wholly preclude such an interpretation.”
“But as a young man, he was doubtlessly a "boyo," a bit of a lad.”
Barbara J. Nelson: Ted Kennedy and Susan B. Anthony: The Curtain Falls Before the Play is Finished
“The paper quotes literary expert Peter Finch as saying that "boyo" was once in common use, probably more in Swansea and Carmarthenshire than elsewhere.”
“I KNOW what you are TRYING to say, and I take that as a threat boyo.”
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
“Not much bloody fun being mocked by the neighbors, is it boyo?”
“When Declan pointed to his watch—place is about to blow, boyo—the man nodded, then hastened toward the forest.”
“Though RB only lasted three issues, Mazzzucchelli had even greater things ahead of him, most notably his stellar adaptation (collaborating with Paul Karasik) of Paul Auster's City of Glass, a graphic novel that frequently ends up on the short list of "best comics ever made and I'm not kidding boyo.”
“No blarney here; no Irish boyo flamboyance, despite the fact that Conor McPherson's 1997 drama is built on a string of supernatural tales shared over a steady flow of booze.”
The Washington Post: Theater review: 'The Weir' presented by Keegan Theatre
“Tis lucky for you, boyo, that you're away over there in America.”
The Huffington Post: Sinéad O'Connor: Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan, the Sexiest Man in the Universe
“You can't run away from the responsibilities you've created, boyo.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boyo’.
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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Words used in Decemberist songs
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Lunfardo
The delightful patois of Buenos Aires, part prison argot, part Spanish-Verlan (known as Vesre), part tango-lingo.
raviol, sanguche, fangushes, pamela, manyapapeles, tordo, morcilla, morfón, plata, papa, lobisón, pris and 16 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for boyo.
sionnach a punch Sep 14, 2008