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Aramahosi Posted 13 years ago
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Oh boy

I've heard that some people say "boy" or "oh boy" in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration and are these expression often used in the present day?
  

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aramahosi I've heard that some people say "boy" or "oh boy" in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration and are these expression often used in the present day? I don't hear them much these days — at least not used sincerely as an expression of excitement. ", it's usually just to say something comical in a circumstance that is actually not very exciting.

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  • aramahosi I've heard that some people say "boy" or "oh boy" in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration and are these expression often used in the present day?
  • I don't hear them much these days — at least not used sincerely as an expression of excitement.
  • ", it's usually just to say something comical in a circumstance that is actually not very exciting.
  • In other words, the way I use it, it's usually feigned excitement, just to avoid saying that I'm disappointed.
  • — Leftovers for dinner again.
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aramahosiI've heard that some people say "boy" or "oh boy" in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration and are these expression often used in the present day?
I don't hear them much these days — at least not used sincerely as an expression of excitement. If I say "Oh boy!", it's usually just to say something comical in a circumstance that is actu
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Oh boy is not used much these days, except in a tongue-in-cheek, joking way.
In my mind, I associate it with childish, naive characters like Mickey Mouse (back in the 1960s and 1970s) and other innocent, wholesome children who also say things like "Golly gee whizz, Mister!"
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