>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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