BOYFRIEND
ADJECTIVES
2004 • DICK-WHIPPED of a woman: dominated by one’s boyfriend or husband → African-American sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1589 • YOUNG MAN a boyfriend, a fiancé; a lover, a male sweetheart
1651 • OLD FLAME an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend → colloq.
1728 • LADDIE a boyfriend, a male sweetheart → Sc.
1829 • BLOKE a boyfriend or male lover; a male person → now chiefly Brit.
………. • GENTLEMAN FRIEND a boyfriend, a beau
1831 • CHAP a boyfriend; a male lover or sweetheart → chiefly UK
1842 • FELLER a person’s boyfriend, male lover, or husband
1843 • NOVIO in Spanish-speaking countries and amongst Hispanic Americans; a boyfriend; a male lover
1859 • BILLY GOAT a boyfriend → US sl.
1874 • FELLA a person’s boyfriend, male lover, or husband
1878 • FELLOW a person’s boyfriend, male lover, or husband → colloq.
1893 • BEST BOY a boyfriend, a sweetheart, a husband → sl., orig. US
1897 • STEADY a steady boyfriend or girlfriend → colloq, orig. US
..20C • BUSH a real boyfriend or girlfriend; one with ‘roots’ → teen & high school sl.
………. • FRED SMITH the imaginary perfect boyfriend, the one who does everything right; usually used when the flesh-and-blood boyfriend seems inadequate → teen & high school sl.
1912 • DADDY a young woman’s boyfriend or lover, esp. one with money → US sl.
………. • JONG an Afrikaans woman’s or girl’s boyfriend; a male sweetheart
1918 • HEAVY a boyfriend, a girlfriend; an important date → US students’ sl.
1920 • POPPA • POPPER a boyfriend → sl.
1922 • SNUGGLE-PUP a boyfriend or girlfriend → US teen sl.
………. • SQUARE-PUSHER a boyfriend → sl.
1925 • B.F. a boyfriend → US students’ sl.
1926 • HEART-THROB a boyfriend or girlfriend; one’s romantic partner → colloq., orig. US
………. • MAIN SQUEEZE a boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse → sl., orig. African-American
1931 • JELLY a boyfriend or girlfriend → Amer. dial.
1933 • HEADACHE a boyfriend or girlfriend; a loved one; a sweetheart → US sl.
1940 • DATE BAIT a boyfriend or girlfriend → African-American sl.
………. • GUY a woman’s boyfriend, fiancé, husband, lover etc. → Amer. sl.
………. • SATURDAY NIGHT SECURITY a regular boyfriend → Aust. sl.
1942 • BEAU BOY the boyfriend → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • HE-PAL a girl’s boyfriend; a beau → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
………. • HOARDER a girl with more than one boyfriend → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE a girl who does not have a boyfriend → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • ONE’S HUNK OF A MAN a boyfriend → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • P.C. a boyfriend (Prince Charming) → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • RELIEF MAN another boyfriend → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • TALL, DARK AND HANDY a boyfriend → US sl. (Bk.)
1944 • DADDIO • DADDY-O • DADIO a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband → US sl.
1945 • BIG TIME OPERATOR a boyfriend → jive usage (Bk.)
………. • HEAVY HEART the boyfriend → jive usage (Bk.)
………. • PASSION RATION a boyfriend → Amer. teen sl.
………. • TARZAN a boyfriend; your fellow → jive usage (Bk.)
1949 • OLD MAN a boyfriend or lover, including a homosexual one → Can. & US sl.
1956 • TAG-A-LONG a boyfriend or girlfriend → Aust. sl.
1966 • GELLY a boyfriend or girlfriend → US sl.
1968 • MILK a boyfriend or girlfriend → Amer. dial.
1970 • BABY-POPPA a boyfriend, esp. the father of one’s child, although not one’s legal husband → Black British & African-American sl.
1971 • MAIN MAN a favourite boyfriend → Amer. sl.
1975 • BEST FELLOW a boyfriend; a girl’s sweetheart; one’s beau → Amer. colloq. (Bk.)
1976 • YM a boyfriend; young male → US sl.
1981 • CREDIT CARD a boyfriend → UK sl.
1987 • BABY DADDY a woman’s boyfriend, live-in lover, or unmarried partner, esp. when the father of her child → Jamaica
………. • BABY FATHER a woman’s boyfriend, live-in lover, or unmarried partner, esp. when the father of her child → Jamaica
1989 • BEAU a boyfriend → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
………. • BEAUHUNK a boyfriend → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1990 • BOYF a boyfriend → colloq., chiefly UK
1990 • SANCHO the new boyfriend/lover who takes one’s place while one is incarcerated → US prison sl.
1992 • ACCESSORY a boyfriend or girlfriend → US sl.
1996 • ACE-LOVER a boyfriend; one’s most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows → US sl., African-American usage, chiefly Southern/Midwest
1998 • UMBRELLA a boyfriend; a husband, a lover → rhyming sl.
2003 • HANKIE-PANKIE • HANKY-PANKY a boyfriend → UK teen sl.
………. • HEAVY HANDBAG a rich boyfriend; a rich homosexual boyfriend → UK sl.
2004 • HIMBO a woman’s younger boyfriend → Brit. sl. (Bk.)
2005 • GEORGE a boyfriend → African-American sl.
2006 • BAE a boyfriend or girlfriend → orig. African-American
………. • BOO a boyfriend or girlfriend → US sl.
BOYFRIEND, PERSON – OTHER
1995 • NITE NURSE a woman who treats her boyfriend well → W. Indies sl.
VERBS
1905 • GO STEADY to have a regular boyfriend or girlfriend → sl., orig. US
1997 • DEAD to abandon, esp. one’s boyfriend or girlfriend → African-American sl.
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