boyf

British

/ bɔɪf /

noun

slang a boyfriend

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Example Sentences

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"Well, I'm glad your night was so awesome. Meanwhile I was being blindsided about Jane's water polo—playing ex- boyf—" "Well, first off," he says, cutting me off, "what do you care? You're not into Jane. And second off, I wouldn't call him a boy. He is a man. He is a sculpted, immaculately conceived, rippling hunk of ex-manfriend."

From Literature

“My family. My boyf and my best friends are the most genuine/supportive people,” Adebayo wrote on Nov. 5.

From Washington Post

Finally there's the jaunty pop of Can't Wait to See Ya, where she's dying to see her boyf after work and she's got his White Stripes T-shirt on, "but it won't be on for long".

From The Guardian

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