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antiboy

adj

Etymology

From anti- + boy.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. prefixed as antiboy — “anti + boy”

Definitions

  1. Opposing boys.

    • Grade-school-age boys are more antigirl than girls this age are antiboy. Boys begin to test each other. Who can run the fastest or hold their breath the longest?
    • Several years ago, some of the men from the older generation were undoubtedly nonplused to see fashionable young ladies purchasing and wearing T-shirts emblazoned with such antiboy slogans as "Boys Lie," […]

The neighborhood

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