Noun
(
en-noun)
(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
citation
|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=HQfybxyQceoC&pg=PA73&dq=boyo&lr=&ei=k65hTIzSO5vqzATzzdntBA&cd=14
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
citation
|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=BG5MrMIDZdoC&pg=PA4&dq=boyo+wales&hl=en&ei=BLBhTKGVJY2ROM65gIUK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgU
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!
citation
|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=JKCaoN7g-eYC&pg=PA210&dq=boyo&lr=&ei=Ia9hTP2CApGuzASNz5nqCQ&cd=55
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 ?”}}
