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I don’t know if this is a cultural thing, but at least in California I hear the word “boys” used to refer to grown men pretty frequently.
by grandmczeb 7y ago
I don’t know if this is a cultural thing, but at least in California I hear the word “boys” used to refer to grown men pretty frequently.
- rayiner 7y agoI’ve never heard a grown man referred to as a “boy” except in the pejorative sense/as part of a turn of phrase.
- scarejunba 7y agoIt's common in my friend group (late 20s, early 30s) in CA, and as far as I know, it's also common farther out than that. Not pejorative.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago'Boys from the Blackstuff' : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_from_the_Blackstuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_from_the_Blackstuff 'American Red Cross – Our boys need SOX' : https://propagandaposterstore.com/product/american-red-cross-our-boys-need-sox/ https://propagandaposterstore.com/product/american-red-cross... 'Old boy' : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/old-boy https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/old-boy edit - could also just go straight to the entry for 'boy' : 'a male child or, more generally, a male of any age' https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boy https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boy
- grandmczeb 7y agoHere's [1] an example of using the word "boys" to refer to young men on a college football team in a way that I don't think fits either category. I used a northwestern fan site given the email address in your profile, but I found similar examples across lots of different sites. [1] https://www.insidenu.com/2017/8/30/16200774/northwestern-football-reasons-optimism-pat-fitzgerald-justin-jackson-clayton-thorson https://www.insidenu.com/2017/8/30/16200774/northwestern-foo...