bwoy

bwoy (plural bwoys)

1. (Jamaica) Pronunciation spelling of boy.
   • 1891, Charles Dudley Warner, Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4‎:

     But eesterday he guided slow My downcast Jenny, vull o' woe, An' then my little maid in black, A-walken softly on her track; An' after he'd a-turn'd ageaen, To let me goo along the leaene, He had noo little bwoy to vill His last white eaerms, an' they stood still.

   • 1902, M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell), North, South and Over the Sea‎:

     And Susan, she did write back immediate an' say, 'My poor bwoy, there be a sad surprise in store for you.'

   • 1994 November 18, Rosalind Cummings, “Hip Hop Godfather”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Then comes the Stones' "Miss You"; on cue, the crowd yells in unison, "What's da matter wich you bwoy!"

• BYOW

• boy, bwai, bway

From English boy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwaɪ/
• Hyphenation: bwoy

bwoy (plural: bwoy dem or bwoys dem, quantified: bwoy)

1. boy, guy, man
   • 2011, Marcus Bethel, Scars and Stripes: The Lasting Impression‎ (in English), →ISBN, page 95:

     Rasta one: Bwoy, no try dem kinda rhatid ting wid de I, Zeen? […]

     Rasta one: Boy, don't play any fucking games with me, you dig? […]

   Nancy love di bwoy whole 'eap suh shi tief weh a night fi check 'im.

   Nancy loved the boy a lot, so she'd sneaked out at night to go see him.

1. bad bwoy

• bwoy – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary