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* '''Beau.''' Originally meant boyfriend, suitor or an admirer. A fashionable young man; a dandy. Literal meaning is handsome/good looking. Could now be applied to other genders, particularly with the popularity of "boo". | * '''Beau.''' Originally meant boyfriend, suitor or an admirer. A fashionable young man; a dandy. Literal meaning is handsome/good looking. Could now be applied to other genders, particularly with the popularity of "boo". | ||
* '''Boifriend.''' "Queer, [[boi]] is a particular gender identity."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Boifriend.''' "Queer, [[boi]] is a particular gender identity."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||
* '''Honey.''' An endearment used for one's partner. | |||
* '''Goyfriend.'''. A mashup of girl/boy-friend. Used by Ali Stroker in reference to her Glee Project costar and partner Dani Shay. (Goy is also a slightly pejorative word for a person who is not Jewish.) | |||
* '''Boo.''' From "beau". Originated as African American slang, but now used more widely. | * '''Boo.''' From "beau". Originated as African American slang, but now used more widely. | ||
* '''Bothfriend.''' "Queer, for [[bigender]] or [[androgynous]] people."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Bothfriend.''' "Queer, for [[bigender]] or [[androgynous]] people."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||