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Originally Posted by kimball
This is the second "Boy Howdy" in this thread and about the 300th I've seen in the last few months. Always seems to follow someone's first post on the forum. Is this a way of expressing displeasure because someone's first post is contrary to your opinion?
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I tend to agree that in the context it was used, I take it as an expression of non-approval. Here is the meaning I found...
Boy howdy” is another Southernism, usually attributed to Texas and evidently popular in that state. It’s a simple combination of the exclamation “Boy!” (indicating surprise) and our friend “Howdy,” together used to mean “Wow!” or to indicate strong agreement with a statement or question (“Was your mom mad at you?” “Boy howdy! I’m grounded for a month.”). The phrase seems to have been popularized in the years after World War I, when returning soldiers who had heard it from Texans in the service brought it back to civilian life. A related form, “boy hidy,” is a fairly weird but nonetheless popular variation. Texas, land of mystery.
Anyway...off topic again.