fuckboy

[fuhk-boi]

noun

Slang: Vulgar, Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a contemptible but often seductive man who is immature, entitled, and untrustworthy, treats women in a self-serving and disrespectful way, and avoids commitment in relationships.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuckboy¹

First recorded in 1985–90; fuck ( def. ) + boy ( def. )

Example Sentences

Lowry’s Gawain is a bit of a fuckboy, who strings along his commoner girlfriend and carouses in taverns, and it makes little sense that he’d balk at this opportunity, but the Gawain of the poem is no less a knight for being a master of manners.

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Plus, most of us are probably just going to say the word “fuckboy” when reading that title, anyway.

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But Fboy Island just won’t cross the line into saying Fuckboy.

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Fboy Island makes up for these weird elements of fuckery by being so hilariously self-aware of its silly conceit, where dickish men are failing to manipulate savvy women into believe that they’re not dickish, and then those men are sent to a place called Limbro where they receive therapy in order to reform themselves of their fuckboy—excuse me, Fboy—ways.

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“Hell nah! I didn’t even notice you were on the bus! You got some nerve, Malik. For real. This is such a fuckboy move.”

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