Definitions

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  • noun countable, slang, Internet Alternative spelling of boy.
  • noun BDSM, especially in roleplay A male bottom (i.e. submissive partner), defined not by junior age, but by his obedient role, especially when that implies him being subject to spanking and/or other punishment by the dominant "top".

Etymologies

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From boy.

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  • A feminine male homosexual or a masculine lesbian. (Double-Tongued Dictionary)

    May 18, 2008

  • "It is tempting to pronounce the syllable “bwah,�? as in “framboise,�? but actually you just say it “boy,�? the way, in a different lesbian era, you pronounced womyn “woman.�? Throwing a y in woman was a linguistic attempt, however goofy, to overthrow the patriarchy, to identify the female gender as something independent, self-sustaining, and reformed. Being a boi is not about that. Boihood has nothing to do with earth mothers or sisterhood or herbal tea, and everything to do with being young, hip, “sex positive,�? a little masculine, and ready to rock."

    New York Magazine, Where the Bois Are, by Ariel Levy, January 5, 2004

    September 9, 2008

  • Everything old is new again....

    September 9, 2008

  • noun. A butch lesbian.

    May 11, 2018