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soft boy

soft boy noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see soft, boy. Also the alternative form of softboy.

Noun

soft boy (plural soft boys)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see soft, boy.
    • Steven Cohan highlights the suggestive qualities of Red Rivers dominant narrative, the opposition between the radically different masculinities Clift and Wayne represent: "the highly charged context between the soft boy and the hard man in '''Red River dramatizes such a shift in the mainstream...2013, Elisabetta Girelli, Montgomery Clift, Queer Star, page 33

Also used as

soft boy is also the alternative form of softboy.

Forms of soft boy

pluralsoft boys

Questions about soft boy

What does soft boy mean?
Soft boy means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see soft, boy.
What part of speech is soft boy?
Soft boy is a noun.
What is the plural of soft boy?
The plural of soft boy is soft boys.

Words near soft boy in the dictionary

  1. soft bigotry of low expectations
  2. soft boiled
  3. soft bomb
  4. soft bombs
  5. soft boxing
  6. soft boy
  7. soft boys
  8. soft break
  9. soft breaks
  10. soft Brexit
  11. soft butch

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