Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a boy: “Say, ________, where’s the post office?”
| SON | 267 |
| SONNY | 233 |
| YOUNG MAN | 120 |
| BUDDY | 117 |
| BOY | 110 |
| KID | 69 |
| FELLA | 47 |
| YOUNG FELLA | 43 |
| BUD | 37 |
| NR | 30 |
| LAD | 23 |
| LITTLE BOY | 12 |
| FELLOW | 9 |
| MAN | 8 |
| MISTER | 6 |
| YOUNG FELLER | 6 |
| YOUNG FELLOW | 6 |
| BUB | 5 |
| FRIEND | 5 |
| PARDON ME | 5 |
| SONNY BOY | 5 |
| BROTHER | 4 |
| HEY YOU | 4 |
| SIR | 4 |
| YOUNGSTER | 4 |
| BUSTER | 3 |
| EXCUSE ME | 3 |
| JOHN | 3 |
| JOHNNY | 3 |
| KIDDO | 3 |
| LADDIE | 3 |
| MY FRIEND | 3 |
| PAL | 3 |
| SPORT | 3 |
| CHARLEY | 2 |
| FELLER | 2 |
| HEY | 2 |
| HEY BOY | 2 |
| HONEY | 2 |
| JOE | 2 |
| LITTLE FELLA | 2 |
| MAC | 2 |
| PARDNER | 2 |
| SHORTY | 2 |
| YOU | 2 |
| BILL | 1 |
| BO | 1 |
| BOOT-LICKER | 1 |
| BUBBA | 1 |
| BUBBY | 1 |
| BUNK | 1 |
| BUTCH | 1 |
| CAT | 1 |
| CHAP | 1 |
| CHUM | 1 |
| DUDE | 1 |
| “EH, BRUDDA” | 1 |
| GUY | 1 |
| HEY BUDDY | 1 |
| HEY FELLA | 1 |
| HEY LADDIE | 1 |
| HEY THERE | 1 |
| HI BOY | 1 |
| HI THERE | 1 |
| HON | 1 |
| HOT SHOT | 1 |
| JACK | 1 |
| LITTLE FELLER | 1 |
| LITTLE FELLOW | 1 |
| LITTLE FRIEND | 1 |
| LITTLE MAN | 1 |
| MATE | 1 |
| MY LAD | 1 |
| NO FORM OF ADDRESS | 1 |
| OLD BOY | 1 |
| PARD | 1 |
| PARDON ME BUT | 1 |
| SPROUT | 1 |
| SWEETIE | 1 |
| THERE | 1 |
| TOM | 1 |
| WHIPPERSNAPPER | 1 |
| YOU BROTHER | 1 |
| YOU THERE | 1 |
| YOU YOUNGSTER | 1 |
| YOUNG BOY | 1 |
| YOUNG GUFFER | 1 |
| YOUNG SPROUT | 1 |
| YOUNG TROUPER | 1 |
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