BO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Translingual

Symbol

BO

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bolivia.

   Synonym: BOL (alpha-3)

English

Noun

BO (countable and uncountable, plural BOs)

1. (informal, euphemistic, uncountable) Initialism of body odour.
2. (software engineering) Initialism of business object.
   • 2004, Chuck Cavaness, Programming Jakarta Struts, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 139:

     A business object (BO) is simply a software abstraction of a real-world entity.

3. (entertainment) Initialism of box office.

   The film is expected to gross more than $100 million at the domestic BO.

Proper noun

BO

1. (business, computing, historical) Initialism of BusinessObjects, a French enterprise software company specializing in business intelligence.

Verb

BO

1. (knitting) Initialism of bind off.

Anagrams

• OB, Ob, Ob., ob, ob-, ob.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.o/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

BO f (plural BO)

1. Initialism of bande originale; OST

Portuguese

Noun

BO m (plural BOs)

1. Alternative form of B.O.

Swedish

Noun

BO n

1. Initialism of brottsoffer (“victim of a crime”).

   När sågs BO senast vid liv?

   When was the victim last seen alive?

Usage notes

Common on the internet forum Flashback.

See also

• GM (“perpetrator (of a crime)”)
• MGM (“suspect”)