"boys' love" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-boys' love.oga [US]
Etymology: Calque of Japanese ボーイズラブ, which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English boys + love. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|ja|ボーイズラブ}} Calque of Japanese ボーイズラブ, {{pseudo-loan|ja|en|||||nocap=true|nocat=1|sort=}} wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), {{wasei eigo|nocap=true|nocat=1}} wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), {{der|en|en|boys}} English boys, {{m|en|love}} love Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=boys' love}} boys' love (uncountable)
  1. a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi Wikipedia link: boys' love Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Genres, Japanese fiction, LGBT, Romance fiction Synonyms: BL [initialism]
    Sense id: en-boys'_love-en-noun-v8-0BEhq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English

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