boyo

noun

ˈbȯi-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce boyo (audio)
Definition of boyonext
Irish
as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin

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Recent Examples of boyo As my old Irish grandmother once told me, boyo, never trust a judge with a name like a high school strength coach. We journey north next to Maine, where human bowling jacket Paul LePage is doing the governating thing again, with the usual results. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 25 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyo
  1. lad
  2. kid
  3. teenager
Noun
  • Most fatefully, one night when Alden was a lad, his mom drove him home while drunk.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • While Best was too cool, and Charlton too straight, Law was the cheeky and abrasive lad, forever grateful to be on the pitch and giving everything.
    — Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of lad
Noun
  • Now Burke, 25, is making his own opening-day start and is ready to show that White Sox management was not taking a risk on a kid who barely has had a cup of coffee in the big leagues.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The interaction between Bascombe and Adam depicts the challenges for parents looking to decode kids’ online language.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of kid
Noun
  • Demonstrating the rising talent of these teenagers, these shorts encompass thought-provoking scripts, breathtaking and delightful cinematography, rich stop-motion animation, and genre-pushing meditations.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The teenager’s body has been released by the forensic medical teams in Costa Rica and the US Embassy in that country is handling the process of bringing Miller’s remains back to the US, according to Juan Pablo Alvarado, an official in OIJ’s press office.
    — Ana Melgar Zuniga and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of teenager

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