# Beer-bos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050 "2018-09-27T19:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/1 "2018-09-27T19:45:31Z")

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In a recent episode of _Fear The Walking Dead_, characters decide to name the beer they’re planning to eventually brew ‘Jimbo’s Beer-Bos’.

I’m all old an’ shite, and nobody invites me to parties anymore. I’m not exposed to the shibboleths of the Millennial generation. is ‘beer-bos’ a ‘thing’? If so, from when and where?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/2 "2018-09-27T20:11:10Z")

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I think it’s just a play on his name “Jimbo” Jimbo, Beerbo (every cite I see online is “Beerbo” not “Beer-Bos”)…

Like if you made a beer and called it “Johnny’s Beery’s” or “Los Angeles Beereles”.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/3 "2018-09-27T20:20:38Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> I think it’s just a play on his name “Jimbo” Jimbo, Beerbo (every cite I see online is “Beerbo” not “Beer-Bos”)…

On _The Talking Dead_ they showed a graphic with -‘bos’. They also said that there’s actually a brew called Jimbo’s Beer-Bos.

When I watched the episode I thought they might just be making something that ‘rhymes’ with Jimbo’s; but I immediately thought, ‘That’s stupid. “Bos”? That doesn’t mean anything, therefore the joke falls flat.’ I wondered if there is a cultural reference I was missing.  
SWIDT?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/4 "2018-09-27T20:26:49Z")

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The trucker lady calls Jim ‘jimbo’ and Morgan 'momo", It was her play on words to name his beer ‘beerbos’. Bad joke, but it fit the characters personality.

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**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/5 "2018-09-27T21:30:49Z")

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Like Brewski.😃

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/6 "2018-09-27T21:35:15Z")

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Brewskajas are people too 🙂

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-bos/822050/7 "2018-09-27T22:10:05Z")

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> [@BobBitchin](#):
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> Like Brewski.😃

Which since 1982 has been further abbreviated as “Skis”.