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boy·o

 (boi′ō)
n. pl. boy·os Chiefly Irish and Welsh
A boy or man. Used especially as a form of address.

[boy + -o.]
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boyo

(ˈbɔɪəʊ)
n
informal Brit a boy or young man: often used in direct address
[from Irish and Welsh]
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lad

(læd)

n.
1. a boy or youth; young man.
2. chap; fellow (used as a familiar term of address).
[1250–1300; Middle English ladde, of obscure orig.; compare late Old English Ladda (nickname)]
lad′dish, adj.
lad′hood, n.
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Translations

boyo

[ˈbɔɪəʊ] N (Brit) (often in direct address) → joven m, muchacho m
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boyo

interj (Welsh) → Junge m
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Matt Harrison writes the popular football blog "Lost Boyos" and after fulfilling a long time ambition of seeing, in his words, the "sexy" Boro close up and personal recently he hasn't changed his mind.
Elsewhere, Cardiff Boyos were 3-0 up by the end of the first half against Radyr Rangers thanks to goals from Hywel Lewis, Lee Matthews and skipper Connor Bickford.
BOYOS GATE Z Italian Andrea Pirlo used the Murray Park facilities and now the Welsh flag could fly over Gers' HQ
Done well for themselves, these boyos from the Northern Irish slums, haven't they?
'Here in front of you,' she said pointing to yours truly, 'is what we call a No Good Boyo. Take a good look for in the years ahead you will encounter many No Good Boyos and you must, at all costs, give them a very wide berth, otherwise if one evening you drag one in through the cat flap your father will go bananas.'
Do we not hear citizens of the North sometimes referring to our South Wales cousins as Boyos or Taffies?
And if that is his definition of a Welsh boyo, then I am sorry - I would rather our Welsh boyos than a whinger like him.
HOME boyos the GLC will be visiting the Carling Academy, Birmingham, next week to play their own DJ set.
Given the way pro-snooping laws are proliferating, architects can now expect regular visits from the security boyos. Read about steganography at www.jjte.com/stegdoc/indexbk.html and search the web with an engine such as Google.
Boyos got one back through debutant Ryan Goodger who scored a neat 25 yard left footed strike into the top corner in the second half, in truth the game was over halfway through the first half.
Wales started the tournament as 80-1 outsiders, but Beach's boyos rocked the All Blacks 15-14 with a last gasp Tom Isaacs try before ousting the Samoans 19-12.
These boyos can do no wrong, it seems, and from there it was a night of pure metal mayhem, Tuck having the frenzied faithful hang on his every word and movement.