boys' love
A genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships…A genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
Origin
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudoPhono-semantic matching of Japanese ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from boys + love.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsBL
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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