boys' love

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See also: boy's love

English

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Etymology

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Calque of Japanese ボーイズラブ, which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English boys + love.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boys' love (uncountable)

  1. a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
    Synonym: (initialism) BL
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