英和和英

語源

From e- (“electronic”) +‎ boy.

名詞

e-boy (plural e-boys)

1. (Internet slang) A male member of the e-girl/e-boy subculture which emerged in the late 2010s, characterized by emo- and grunge-inspired fashion, and by heavy use of social media platforms (notably TikTok).

   Coordinate term: e-girl

   Hypernym: e-kid

   • 2019 April 5, Maddy Garcia, “Rise of the E-Girl: internet's latest trend”, in The Phoenix, Fremont High School, page 5:

     E-boys wear baggy sweaters, beanies and sometimes face piercings.

   • 2020 February 20, Grace Tucker, “E-boys and E-girls: a new, nonchalant counterculture”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 6:

     The e-boy is her playful, middle-parted counterpart. Ears pierced. Nails painted. He makes us question what we once found so appealing about Zac Efron's eight-pack and Channing Tatum's gorilla-like shoulders.

   • 2020, Francesca Ionescu, "E Girl And E Boy Phenomena", Q3 (Cardiff University), Issue 9, 29 April 2020, page 2:

     Whilst the dress is not vastly different between e-girls and e-boys, the content they put out seems to be.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:e-boy.

参考

• e-boyfriend

参照

Further reading

• E-girls and e-boys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• obey, yebo