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.

when you're hungover as shit after a spending a night drunk as a skunk

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

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.

Noun: one who is mentally slow. synnonym: Idiot

someone who acts in a weird or strange manner or does not act normal (pronounced Bosee)kids in New York state used this term in elementary school in the 60's, 70's and 80's

A program where kids go if they aren't able to socialize and make friends. They are discriminated against in school and constantly made fun of, and always assumed to have inferior academic capacities.