Boy

A boy is a young male human, usually a child or adolescent. When he becomes an adult, he is described as a man. The most apparent difference between a typical boy and a typical girl is the genitalia. However, some intersex children with ambiguous genitals, and genetically female transgender children, may also be classified or self-identify as a boy.

The term boy is primarily used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions or both. The latter most commonly applies to adult men, either considered in some way immature or inferior, in a position associated with aspects of boyhood, or even without such boyish connotation as age-indiscriminate synonym. The term can be joined with a variety of other words to form these gender-related labels as compound words.

Etymology

The word "boy" comes from Middle English boi, boye ("boy, servant"), related to other Germanic words for boy, namely East Frisian boi ("boy, young man") and West Frisian boai ("boy"). Although the exact etymology is obscure, the English and Frisian forms probably derive from an earlier Anglo-Frisian *bō-ja ("little brother"), a diminutive of the Germanic root *bō- ("brother, male relation"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhā-, *bhāt- ("father, brother"). The root is also found in Flemish boe ("brother"), Norwegian dialectal boa ("brother"), and, through a reduplicated variant *bō-bō-, in Old Norse bófi, Dutch boef "(criminal) knave, rogue", German Bube ("knave, rogue, boy"). Furthermore, the word may be related to Bōia, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Boy (disambiguation)

A boy is a human male child or young man.

Boy(s) or The Boy(s) may also refer to:

Music

Performers

Albums

Songs

The Boys (American band)

The Boys are an American R&B quartet composed of the four Abdulsamad brothers, Khiry (born 1973), Hakim (born 1975), Tajh (born 1976), and Bilal (born 1979). The group (singers/rappers/former dancers) started out singing in Carson, California. The group had three #1 singles on the R&B charts .

Members

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

The Boys (1990 album)

The Boys is the eponymous second album from American R&B group The Boys, released in 1990 via Motown Records. Although L.A. Reid and Babyface produced the bulk of their debut album Messages from The Boys, they only provided minimal production this time around while the group wrote and produced much of the album themselves.

Three singles were released from the album: "Crazy", "Thing Called Love" and "Thanx 4 the Funk". "Crazy" is the last song the group has released to date to reach #1 on the Billboard R&B chart, as well as the last song to date to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #29.

The album peaked at #108 on the Billboard 200. In addition to original songs, it contains a cover of the Michael Jackson song "Got to Be There".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Boys, except where noted. 

Chart positions

References

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