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"slang"
],
"word": "twink"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"South-Asia"
],
"word": "zenana"
}
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-soy boy.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-soy_boy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-soy_boy.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-soy_boy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-soy_boy.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "soy boy"
}
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