[Ads-l] _boylie_

[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL



On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 12:04 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Barretts' find of _showboy_ reminded me of the word, "boylie," which I
> recall seeing in my favorite Los Angeles D[irty]B[ook]S[tore]. A sign
> reading "Boylie Section" was used in this particular DBS, back in the
> '60's, to separate the straight section of the store, containing girlie
> porn mags and paperbacks, from the store's gay section, containing boylie
> porn mags and paperbacks.
>
> At the time, the '90's, I was unable to find a cite for _boylie_ anywhere
> on line. That is no longer the case.
>
> The Alternative: An American Spectator - Volumes 8-9 - Page 14
> https://books.google.com/books?id=y2lXAAAAYAAJ
> 1976 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions
> ... even a club of sorts (albeit no clubhouse): the "Penthouse/ Viva
> Leisure Club." (Viva is a spinoff from Penthouse; it is a "_boylie_"
> magazine, breasts and vulvae being replaced by hairy chests and quiescent
> penes.
>
> Fun with the Family Maryland: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids
> https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0762756195
> Karen Nitkin - 2009 - ‎Preview
> “It sounds _boylie_,” she said. (_Boylie_, for the uninitiated, _being the
> opposite of girlie_.) When we got there, she turned up her five-year-old
> nose at the airplane-shaped pedal bikes that were outside. “Too _boylie_,”
> she announced, as her brother and friends pedal away. ...
> As we left, I asked if she still thought the museum was too _boylie_. She
> thought for a minute, and decided it was good for girls, too.
>
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> -Wilson
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