re: #498 buzzsawmonkey

Those are modifications on the word “boy,” which remove the homosexual implication. Free-standing, “boy” has a homosexual implication when applied to an adult male.
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I’ve heard of the boys in the band but never thought of “boys” in the context of homesexuality.
My mom referred to her brothers as “the boys” until they died- and to my dad’s sisters as “the girls.”
FWIW, I know women who resent being called “ladies”, - cause ladies are street walkers.