单词 | boy band |
释义 | > as lemmasboy band boy band n. a young all-male pop group; spec. such a group whose music and image are designed to appeal primarily to a teenage audience. ΚΠ 1985 Guardian 7 Nov. 11/5 Moody boy bands like The Waterboys and The Cult are making heavy records with deep lyrics for pimply adolescents with Camus peeping out of the jacket pocket. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. ii. 24/1 A ‘girl group’ is still singular enough to require notice. No one reviewed U2 as the latest boy band from Ireland. 1993 Newsday (Nexis) 10 Sept. 20 The boy-band from Boston is getting long in the tooth for its prime audience—the under-16 set. 1995 Face Sept. 37/3 Your average boy band generally can't wait to flee the potentially stigmatising orbit of the gay club scene. 2000 F. Walker in J. Adams et al. Girls' Night In 48 Admittedly he'd tried to kiss me, but he'd also tried to kiss two members of a boy band. < as lemmas |
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