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B.O.

1.
Board of Ordnance.
2.
Informal. body odor.
3.
Theater. box office.
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b.o.

1.
back order.
2.
box office.
3.
branch office.
4.
broker's order.
5.
buyer's option.
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bo or boh (bəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—interj
1.  an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game
2.  slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm
 
boh or boh
 
—interj

bo
 
—the internet domain name for
Bolivia

BO
 
—abbreviation for
1.  informal body odour
2.  box office

b.o.
 
—abbreviation for
1.  back order
2.  branch office
3.  broker's order
4.  buyer's option

B/O
 
—abbreviation for
1.  accounting brought over
2.  buyer's option

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Word Origin & History

b.o.
abbreviation of body odor, by c.1950; an advertisers' invention.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

BO definition


  1. n.
    (bad) body odor. (Initialism.) : Man, do you have BO!
  2. n.
    box office, where tickets to some event are sold. : If you want your money back, you'll have to go to the BO.
  3. n.
    HBO, Home Box Office, the cable television channel. (Initialism and dysphemism based on sense 1.) : There is boxing on BO but no movie.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary

bo definition

networking
The country code for Bolivia.
(1999-01-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
bo
Tibetan
BO

  1. back order

  2. best offer

  3. body odor

  4. box office

  5. branch office

  6. broker's order

  7. buyer's option

B/O
best offer
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