Copyboys

/ˈkɒpiˌbɔɪz/ noun (plural)

Definition

Plural of copyboy; multiple young male workers in newspaper offices or similar settings.

Etymology

Simple plural of 'copyboy,' following standard English pluralization.

Kelly Says

Before email and digital files, copyboys were essential infrastructure—they physically moved every news story from writers to editors to printers, making them the 'data transmission' of the pre-digital newsroom.

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