boy band

noun

: a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience

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The movie, which will be released in the U.S. by Paramount on Dec. 25, depicts the former member of the popular boy band Take That as a very expressive chimpanzee — thanks to motion-capture and CG work by Wētā FX. Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 Hayes is a member of the fictional boy band August Moon and performs their songs in the film. Fred Topel, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024 Payne, a former member of the popular boy band One Direction, died on October 16 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 The new evidence includes allegations made public last year that their father also molested Roy Rossello, a former member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, in the 1980s, and a letter that Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, that surfaced in 2015, years after the latter's death. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boy band 

Word History

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boy band was in 1985

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“Boy band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boy%20band. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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