Boyo a bad word?
Okay, so this was something I didn't expect to find. And it's fairly current too. According to this article from Wales, boyo is a racist term.
I know it's a word that's been around awhile and I'm guessing it followed the Irish, British, Welsh and Scotch immigrants over the Atlantic. But racist? Who'da thunk it?
posted by The RHS @ 10:08 AM
6 comments
6 Comments:
I've never heard the term. Is this how you say it,
boe-yoe?
What's it "mean" ??
close! It's pronounced boy-oh.
From what I ever understood, it was just a word referenced to a guy. Kind of like "pull yer head outuv yer arse, boyo!"
It's used a lot in punk and I've seen it in slang used in older movies with Irish immigrants (one that comes to mind is Gangs of New York).
I guess I assumed it was just like "dude" or something. =/
It's a generic term for a welsh man, but usually used in a derogoratory way, such as "pull yer head outta yer arse boyo" :-)
There are always these PC stories lurking around waiting for slow news days. A few years ago we were told that "taking the mick" was racist to the Irish, but no-one took any notice of that either.
ahhhh, I didn't realize boyo was specific to the welsh. Thanks, mrs. aginoth!
Oh yes, and Scotch is a drink. The people from Scotland are Scottish. never, ever get it wrong when one is listening;-)
aye, my face is red! And my old man used to drink a lot of that stuff so I probably ought to have known.
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