Another kind of buddy

Paul Johnson paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM
Fri Jun 15 10:25:59 UTC 2007


My wife's family refers to adult male friends as "boyfriends"  "Uncle
Fred's boyfriend, Peter..."  This has always seemed off key to me.  Do
adult heterosexuals have boyfriends?

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list