"pretty boy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pretty boy.ogg [Australia] Forms: pretty boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pretty boy (plural pretty boys)
  1. (derogatory, disapproving, slang) A young man whose physical attractiveness is considered rather effeminate and who may be vain about his appearance. Tags: derogatory, disapproving, slang
    Sense id: en-pretty_boy-en-noun-7~~dkr1U
  2. (slang, usually used by women) A good-looking young man. Tags: slang, usually Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-pretty_boy-en-noun-zCBQQI6D Disambiguation of Male people: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: who's a pretty boy then

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pretty boy meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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