toyboyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From toy +‎ boy.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈtɔɪˌbɔɪ/

名詞

toyboy (plural toyboys)

1. (UK, Australia, sometimes derogatory, sometimes humorous) A young male partner for a woman or man.

   Synonym: boy toy (US; Canada)

   • 1987, Stock Aitken Waterman, “Toy Boy”, performed by Sinitta:

     I'm out with my toy boy, toy boy / And when I get to take him home / I know he's gonna love me right

   • 2019 December 18, Sophie Jane Evans, “How Madonna is falling for increasingly younger toyboys”, in The Sun‎, retrieved 2021-03-15:

     But Ahlamalik Williams, 25, is just the latest in a long line of toyboys 61-year-old Queen of Pop Madonna has been linked to since her spilt from long-term partner Guy Ritchie, after which she decided she 'wanted to have fun'.

アナグラム

• boy toy, boytoy