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B-boy, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈbiːbɔɪ|, U.S. |ˈbiˌbɔɪ|
Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).
[Origin uncertain; probably > n.1 (compare slightly later break-dancing n. at break- comb. form Affix 2) or in beat n.1) + boy n.1 and int. Perhaps compare earlier B-girl n.
The term is sometimes attributed to the Jamaican-born U.S. disc jockey ‘Kool Herc’ (Clive Campbell, b. 1955), whose technique of prolonging the instrumental breaks in records by mixing back and forth between two copies on twin turntables is said to have given rise to break-dancing in the late 1970s.]
Originally: a male break-dancer. Now more generally: a young man involved with hip-hop culture. Freq. attrib.
1981Village Voice (N.Y.) 22–8 Apr. 31 The heroes of these legends are the..B Boys, the Puerto Rican and black teenagers who invent and endlessly elaborate this exquisite, heady blend of dancing, acrobatics, and martial spectacle. 1982N.Y. Rocker Jan. 26/1 Flash's audience, termed ‘B-boys’, were fans of break music. 1984D. Toop Rap Attack viii. 115/1 The b-boy DJs and MCs were half-way between consumers and performers..and their response to packaged music was to violate it with cutting and rapping. 1993Entertainm. Weekly 31 Dec. 33 But The Chronic's slow-sizzle funk..became the soundtrack for the baggy-panted, interracial B-boy scene. 1995i-D Aug. 12 Breakdancing is back. But for many B-boys..this street culture of participation and competition simply never went away. 2001Star 6 Jan. 86/2 This chameleon of style can change from leather-clad sex god to denim b-boy in just a flash of a camera. |