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BOI
 n.— «Anderson still takes a bit of pride in calling himself “B.O.I.,” a Texas term meaning “Born On the Island.” It’s a designation reserved for the mostly working-class year-round inhabitants of Galveston, differentiating them from well-to-do mainlanders who spend part of the year there.» —“Executive Suite: Delta chief takes unlikely flight path” by Dan Reed in Atlanta, Georgia USA Today Oct. 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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