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Noun

1. 1
   A young male; a boy. Polari

   "As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage."

Synonyms

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boyboychildguyman childmanlingstripling

Example

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"As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage."

Etymology

From feely (“child”) + omi (“man”).

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