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B-boy
noun- a breakdancer; later, anyone involved in hip-hop culture US
- The heroes of these legends are the B Boys, the Puerto Rican and black teenagers who invent and endlessly elaborate this exquisite, heady blend of dancing, acrobatics, and martial spectacle. — Village Voice, p. 31, 22 April 1981
- The “breakers,” or “B boys,” for rival crews at the playgrounds, discos and skating rinks where they gather. — New York Times, p. C1, 14 August 1981
- B-boys were inner city kids who were trying to get theirs. — William Upski Wimsatt, Bomb the Suburbs, p. 18, 1994
- The B-Boy, a phrase originally applied to break dancers, was, by the time I used it [1992], a catchall phrase among hip hop fans for anyone deeply involved with or influenced by hip hop culture. — Nelson George, Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos, p. xv, 2001
- a streetwise young black man US, 1981
By extension from the previous sense. - Most athletes are all B-boys and homeboys from the block. — Lois Stavsky et al., A2Z [quoting Run-DMC, 1992], p. 4, 1995
- a buddy, a brother; used as a form of address US, 1992
The initialism ‘b’ muddled with ‘B-boy’ (a young streetwise black male). - — Lois Stavsky et al., A2Z, p. 4, 1995
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