Boyfriending

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of being a boyfriend. humorous, informal, often, uncommon, uncountable

    "You "listen" to her? By choice?? And it didn't kill you, but actually made you both happy? What a concept! Can you add that to your curriculum...."Boyfriending 101"? ;-)"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of boyfriend form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"You "listen" to her? By choice?? And it didn't kill you, but actually made you both happy? What a concept! Can you add that to your curriculum...."Boyfriending 101"? ;-)"

Etymology

From boyfriend + -ing.

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