boydem

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boydem

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From Caribbean pidgin, equivalent to boy + them.

noun

  1. Multicultural London English, plural, plural only the police. 2011, Chyna, How I Escaped a Girl Gang: Rolling in a London Girl Gang, Hachette UK →ISBN I had the role of lookout, scouting for boydem while Candice forced open the door by slipping a knife into the actual lock itself, or smashing the window in, her hoodie wrapped round her fist.

    Similar: police

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@misc{boydem_2026,
  title = {boydem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boydem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}