bois
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- noun
- /bɔɪ/
- Slang
:
chicos (jerga LGBTQ+)
- - What's up, Tanner, Tanner's bois?
Examples
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Can Daddy come with us to the bois?
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Tanner's bois.
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Could we go to the bois?
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(Tanner's bois laugh)
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(Tanner's bois laughing)
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At the party, all the bois were dancing together and having a great time.
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Many bois from the community came together to show their support at the event.
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The group of bois discussed their favorite music and shared stories about their experiences.
Synonyms
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9.5
A casual way to write boys for a group of male friends
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9.9
A group of male friends used in casual speech
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9.5
A friendly word for a man or boy
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9.9
An informal word for a guy friend, like bro
Compounds
- Archaic
A French Canadian woodsman who trapped animals and traded furs with Native people in the 1600s and 1700s
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bois as slang is a playful spelling of the English word boys and is used in LGBTQ+ communities to mean 'young men' who present as masculine, so it refers to a group like 'boys' but with a different style or identity.