boyfn.
/bɔɪf/, U.S. /bɔɪf/ colloquial (chiefly British).
A boyfriend.Frequently in the language of (publications aimed at) teenage girls and young women.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover
servantc1405
specialc1425
servitorc1450
love-lad1586
young man1589
inamorato1592
swainc1592
gentleman friend1667
enamorado1677
spark1707
beau?1720
Johnny1726
man friend1736
feller1842
novio1843
soupirant1849
fella1874
man1874
fellow1878
square-pusher1890
stud1895
papa1896
lover mana1905
boyfriend1906
daddy1912
lover-boy1925
sheikh1925
sweetback1929
sweet man1942
older man1951
boyf1990
the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specific male sweetheart
fancy man1834
querido1898
boyfriend1906
boyf1990
mi'jito1990
1990 Re: Where the Krills Are in alt.angst (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Sept. Maybe grils [i.e. girls] just don't have angst as much, since it's usually easier for them to find a boyf then [sic] it is for guys to find a grilf [= girlfriend].
1995 Just Seventeen 5 Apr. 60/1 You're now fully-fledged boyf and girlf.
1998 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 June 13 I just grumbled and grumbled about how dull, dull, dull football was and how mean, mean, mean my beastly boyf was to drag me there.
2001 Heat 28 Apr. 60/2 Julia is his long-suffering girlfriend Samantha who is not at all happy about her boyf's continuing criminal activities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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