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Bomah

Somebody who's wicked smaht; a Brain. At least in Saugus, that is. From the Bomar Brain, one of the first affordable calculators, which was made in Acton.
Annette Leonard

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Is this a Boston word? We said this all the time where I grew up in NJ.

A on May 20, 2004 02:47 PM.

I remember using this term in HS(on the South Shore). Never knew the origins-Thanks

Lisa on June 2, 2004 02:14 PM.

I've lived in Saugus all of my life and I've never heard that word used, lol. Weird!

Tina on July 26, 2004 09:11 AM.

I grew up in Saugus and we've never used that word...I've never even heard of it!

adrienne on October 21, 2004 05:33 PM.

The term was in use when I was a junior-high student in Lexington, back in 1978-79.

Kalessin on December 8, 2004 03:39 PM.

I grew up in Saugus but I never heard that word thrown at me (I was one of the smaht kids) Then again, I was minted in 1982, so maybe I'm too young. Someone probably said it to me when I was very young and I never picked up on it.

Ms A on July 13, 2005 03:06 PM.

I grew up in Saugus and no one ever said it (I was one of the smaht kids on honnahs classes, but we never used it). Then again, I was born in 1982, so maybe I'm not old enough. Some grownup prolly said it to me and I never picked up on it.

Ms A on July 13, 2005 03:09 PM.

Yep, remembah this one. THEN: bad to be a BO-mah, and NOW: good to be a BO-mah. Forgot about this one!

Marianne Caputo on November 30, 2005 09:14 AM.

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