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an exclamation of enthusiastic agreement which can be used in both a genuine or sarcastic tone. in addition can used to add emphasis to a statement, much like the word f-ck can.

boy howdy was also the name of an american country music band from the 1990’s. the term has not direct link or reference to them however.

as agreement (genuine):

joe: mrs. robinson sure is one milf
tom: boy howdy!

as agreement (sarcastic):

johnny: don’t you just love pointless office meetings where the company tries to rah rah rah you into caring about sales?
roberto: boy howdy do i ever!

as emphasis:

norman: boy howdy am i hungry, let’s consume tacos!
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southern slang. an interjection. often used as an expression of surprise for large quant-ties of something, or severity of something. see yessum.
“boy howdy! them pumpkins sure are big! how’re we gonna carry ’em all, ms. mcgregor?”
general expression/interjection, similar in usage to “wow,” “oh, man,” or “yep”.
“did the colonoscopy hurt at all?”
–“boy howdy!”
cultural references:
-was the favorite expression of lee majors as heath on “big valley”
-name of mascot for creem magazine (not p-rn, it’s a longtime publication for rock music fans).
“boy howdy!”
1. expression similar to “oh, gosh”.

2. expression meaning “oh, gosh, i’m a hick”. if you can use “boy howdy” in a sentence with a straight face, you’re about as far out of the urban mainstream as i can imagine.
1. boy howdy, those sure are a lot of apples.

2. boy howdy, i’m goin’ to the big city. topeka, here i come!
1. an exclamation most typically used by those exposed to (and not utterly embarr-ssed by) southern culture. it is, in essence, the southern version of the urban expression ‘girl bye’. when spoken sarcastically, it is used to render a thing ridiculous or label it unimportant. when spoken sincerely, it is similar to the expression ‘hot dog!’ and implies that a thing is impressive, pleasantly surprising, intriguing or a combination of the three.

2. an anatomical orifice used in the act of s-x, such as a woman’s v-g-n- or a person’s -n-s. the mouth is not typically referred to as a ‘boy howdy,’ though it, too, fits this description.
examples include the term ‘boy howdy’ in snippets of hypothetical conversation, and should be imagined or read aloud in a southern accent.

1.

boy me & rick went down to the crick last yesterday and just guess what we saw!

– now what was that?

we saw us three of the loveliest creatures bathin’ in all god’s glory.

-did you see nipple? it only counts if you saw nipple.

h-ll yes we saw nipple.

-boy howdy!

or

golly gee kyle, me and the boys are heading over to the bowling ally and we’re gonna have us a mighty good time! we might even get a little crazy and have a whole dang pitcher of soda, i bet we will. wanna come?

-boy howdy…

2.

condom or nothing, rick. make your choice. i don’t care if they’re not fun, i’ll tell you what’s not fun. growing a whole godd-mn person inside you for nine months and then having to push the gadd-mn thing out of your boy howdy. i mean it. condoms or gtfo.
female genitalia.
from ‘glee’ – “your wife will be pushing out a baby of her boy howdy in five months.”