Term of endearment for male child?
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My hispanic neighbors call their sons something that sounds like boy-o. I am not close enough to ask them directly but I would love to know what the word is and what it means. I do know that one family is Puerto Rican and the other is Peruvian.
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updated Jan 23, 2011
posted by sunny62778
Boy-o, that sounds like a Welsh term to me. - kenwilliams, Jan 23, 2011
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Pollo?? Chicken.
updated Jan 23, 2011
posted by Sheily
Bahahah I like it. - jeezzle, Jan 23, 2011
Y'know? I was just gonna suggest that!!!! You might have something there! - GaryT, Jan 23, 2011
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Bollo sounds more like boyo than does pollo, no idea as to whether it might be used endearingly.
Maybe they have a Welsh connexion and are indeed calling him boyo...
updated Jan 23, 2011
posted by afowen
Bollo has a rather vulgar connotation... - Sheily, Jan 23, 2011
Maybe they are a rough family... I looked in the dictionary and it seems to have many meanings, hasta a sweet bun, that's what I had in mind when I posted. - afowen, Jan 23, 2011
I guess if it is the Puerto Rican family using the expression the it would not be bollo :-) - afowen, Jan 23, 2011
*then - afowen, Jan 23, 2011
