theboysとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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the boys pl (plural only)

1. (informal, slang) The speaker's group of male friends. This phrase is often put after "me and" if the speaker is referring to themselves and their friends.

   Me and the boys are gonna go hang out for a bit.

   • 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN:

     I realized, as one of them was explaining to me the details of his targets’ security routines, that intercepted nudes were a kind of informal office currency, because his buddy kept spinning in his chair to interrupt us with a smile, saying, “Check her out,” to which my instructor would invariably reply “Bonus!” or “Nice!” The unspoken transactional rule seemed to be that if you found a naked photo or video of an attractive target—or someone in communication with a target—you had to show the rest of the boys, at least as long as there weren’t any women around.