Slang: Tommy boy?

[Peter Kosenko]

I believe you're right that "Tommy" (but no boy) is a British Infantryman.  Now, it would have been something entirely else if 
her student had referred to himself as "Rent Boy."

Peter Kosenko

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Rob Schaap <rws at comedu.canberra.edu.au>
Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 06:02:30 +1100


>><forwarded query from another list>
>>
>>I've got a student using the nickname Tommy Boy on the discussion board,
>>and I have a vague memory that it's British slang for something this nice
>>cleancut young Christian virgin doesn't want to be known as.  Anybody
>>remember?
>
>The Chris Farley / David Spade (?) movie about the dumb boojie son, his
>inheritance and his priapismic mate?   Critics hated it, lots of young 'uns
>loved it, and I never saw it, so can't say anything else.
>
>The only British connection that comes to mind is Tommy as British infantryman.
>
>Cheers,
>Rob.
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