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"Boston deal": why?

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 Postmanpat 17 Apr 2015

So there' s an advert on TV with Paul Whitehouse referring to a "boston" deal.

Got me thinking, why is the term "boston" used to mean "good". Seems to be be mainly a brummie term but that maybe just because I had a brummie mate who used it.

Anyway, what's the origin?
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 winhill 17 Apr 2015
In reply to Postmanpat:

It's bostin not boston, is it just the way a brummie or yam yam says busting?
In reply to Postmanpat:

isn't it bostin' or bossin' (see the urban dictionary link) - likely just a corruption of boss / bossing?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bostin
Wulfrunian 17 Apr 2015
In reply to Postmanpat:
Ar, it's bostin' ay it. (Yes, it's busting isn't it)

Contraction of 'bosting' - a Black Country and Birmingham version of busting.

...and if something is broken around this parish, it is said to be 'bost'
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OP Postmanpat 17 Apr 2015
In reply to Wulfrunian:

Thanks chaps. So now i know!
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