baby boy

English

Noun

baby boy (plural baby boys)

  1. A very young male human being, from birth to a couple of years old.
  2. (derogatory) A man who is immature or infantile.
    • 2001, Jet - Volume 100, page 63:
      Tyrese stars as Jody, a misguided young Black man who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced to face the commitments of real life.
    • 2009, Craigh Barboza, John Singleton: Interviews, →ISBN, page 129:
      Says the director: "They've all been raised by women, so they're always trying to show how much of a man they are when they really are baby boys. They have nothing going for them."
    • 2011, Jackie Collins, DEADLY EMBRACE, →ISBN, page 207:
      "I have to sit in a class full of baby boys. Don't you hate baby boys?" "What're baby boys?" "Boys who don't know anything about girls," she said vaguely.
  3. (slang, mainly used by girls or women) A term of endearment for a man

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