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Boston The city in Massachusetts
stands alone in datelines.
Boston brown bread,
Boston cream pie, Boston
terrier
boulevard Abbreviated only
with a numbered address. See
addresses.
boundary
bowlegged
box office (n.) box-office
(adj.)
boy Applicable until 18th
birthday is reached. Use man or
young man afterward.
boycott, embargo A boycott
is an organized refusal to buy
a particular product or service, or
to deal with a particular merchant
or group of merchants.
An embargo is a legal restriction
against trade. It usually prohibits
goods from entering or
leaving a country.
boyfriend, girlfriend
Boy Scouts The full name of
the national organization is Boy
Scouts of America. Headquarters
is in Irving, Texas.
Cub Scouting is for boys 8
through 10. Members are Cub
Scouts or Cubs.
Boy Scouting is for boys 11
through 17. Members are Boy
Scouts or Scouts.
Exploring is a separate program
open to boys and girls from
high school age through 20.
Members are Explorers, not Explorer
Scouts. Members of units
that stress nautical programs are
Sea Explorers.
See Girl Scouts.
bra Acceptable in all references
for brassiere.
brackets See entry in Punctuation
chapter.
Brahman, Brahmin Brahman
applies to the priestly Hindu
caste and a breed of cattle.
Brahmin applies to aristocracy
in general: Boston Brahmin.
brand names When they are
used, capitalize them.
Brand names normally should
be used only if they are essential
to a story.
Sometimes, however, the use
of a brand name may not be essential
but is acceptable because
it lends an air of reality to a story:
He fished a Camel from his shirt
pocket may be preferable to the
less specific cigarette.
When a company sponsors an
event such as a tennis tournament,
use the company’s name
for the event in first reference and
the generic term in subsequent
references: The Buick Women’s
Open; the $200,000 women’s tennis
tournament, the tournament.
Also use a separate paragraph
to provide the name of a sponsor
when the brand name is not part
of the formal title.
Brand name is a nonlegal term
for service mark or trademark.
See entries under those words.
brand-new (adj.)
break in (v.) break-in (n.
and adj.)
break up (v.) breakup (n.
and adj.)