| 释义 |
boo-ay N.Z. and Austral. colloq.|ˈbuːaɪ|
Also boo-ai, booeye, boohai.
[? f. place-name Puhoi, N. Auckland.]
Remote rural districts. Phr. up the boo-ay, completely astray, altogether wrong.
The word is much older but has not been found in printed sources earlier than 1955.
1955D. Niland Shiralee 67 He could have been out there in the boo-eye, thrusting his body into the wind and rain. 1959G. Slatter Gun in Hand viii. 86 Slingin' off at me he was. You're up the boo-ay he told me. 1963R. Casey As Short Spring xxi. 244 You fancy them up here in the boo-eye, mortgaged up to their necks for the rest of their lives. |