Definitions

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  • noun A boy who behaves in a typically girlish manner.

Etymologies

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Portmanteau of Jane+girl.Coined from tomboy

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Examples

  • She is hot and a bit of a tomboy (does that somehow make me a janegirl… or something) so there was one other girl out with us and eight guys, most of whom I barely know.

    drbigbeef Diary Entry drbigbeef 2007

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