bendy-boy

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English

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Etymology

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From bendy (see genderbender) +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bendy-boy (plural bendy-boys)

  1. (UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
    • 2010, Graham Vickers, Rock Music Landmarks of London:
      [] an equally complicated schedule caters for pretty well all-comers who are meticulously sub-categorised by the marketing department. For example one of Heaven's club nights welcome[sic] “gays, strays, straights, bendy boys and girlie girls” to a plethora of “bubblegum pop, disco, trash and house”.
    • 2010, M. T. Anderson, Burger Wuss, page 42:
      And then it hit me that I was tricked, and he was saying, “'Course I knew you, bendy-boy. Good luck! Kick their asses and maybe the slut'll let you hold her hand.”
    • 2015, John Boyne, Beneath the Earth, page 185:
      "Are you saying he might be a bendy-boy?" I asked, and Gloria's mam said, "I'm not saying anything of the sort, William" []
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