BYM

See also: bym

English

Noun

BYM (plural BYMs)

1. Initialism of bright young man.
   • 1941, Fletcher Pratt, America and Total War, page 202:

     The officer whose division gets one is marked in his superior's books as a bright young man who will get attention when promotions come round, and the crew under the b.y.m. gets a ten-dollar bonus apiece and a chance to crow.

   • 1983, Robert McCrum, In the Secret State, page 88:

     "You're terribly successful, you see, the BYM of the Directorate."
     "BYM?"
     "Bright Young Man." She emphasized the words carefully, looking straight at him.