boy toy

noun

: a usually young man considered as an object of sexual desire

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Franco’s story could easily have been the skeleton for a lurid erotic thriller about a possessive rich American woman claiming ownership of a Mexican boy toy a decade or more younger than her. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025 Robert makes excuses for his presence there (something about needing papers signed by Nicole), but Nicole’s daughter sees right through him, clocking him as Nicole’s boy toy, of which her daughter suggests Nicole had many. Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2024 There, Cohn will send over one of his boy toys to invite Donald to dine with him at his table with his coterie of gangster clients. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024 Preferably, by a beefed up boy toy half her age who wants nothing more than to pleasure her. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for boy toy 

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boy toy was in 1982

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“Boy toy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boy%20toy. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.

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