Origin: New Paltz, NY{Boesee}A mentally retarded person (it is possible for a boce to be in regular school classes)

Noun: one who is mentally slow. synnonym: Idiot

An insult developed from the special education department B.O.C.E.S. , it is a word that people use to insult people who are mentally challenged, or people who just act stupid. Its creation was based on the idea that people who attended BOCES were the "boces" either unaware or not-caring of the fact the the "S" on the end of "BOCES" is actually a part of the acronym, not the kind of "s" on the end of a word that makes it plural. The insult isn't always used to put down "slow" people, however. Sometimes it's just used as a general insult. If someone being annoying they may sometimes be called boces. It is also sometimes mistakenly pronounced "boass"(bəʊs), not pronouncing the "e" on account of the fact that most words spelt like "boce" don't pronounce the "e" such as "dose", "close", "hose" and "rose". They are pronounced as if the "e" isn't even there.

verb noun adjective A retard or someone who acts retarded. Many boces coexist in hiding and denial with regular and intelligent people. Boce Brian (Double B) is possibly the founder of this new sect of homosapiens, being so retarded as to jump off a moving motorcycle just because I told him to.

Function: noun and adjective
Pronunciation: \'Bō sē\ plural \'Bō sēs\

A colloquialism that took form in upstate New York based on the Acronym "Board of Cooperative Educational Services". B.O.C.E.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Cooperative_Educational_Services

the Acronym is roughly used as a synonym like "cripple" or "retard" Boce or Boces and is often mixed Boce+Retard for the popular "bO-tard";

The words are used as slang, taking the place of Retard, Idiot, Dumb-ass, Dumby and even just as a description for someone with any general physical handicap.

adjective used in place of the word nice

A mental. Stands for Board Of Cooperative Educators but really means mental.