On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Nytemuse wrote: #> What's the difference between a boy and a boi? # #Personal preference...bois are generally the cool ones who are, if not #either goth, poly, bi/gay, or into BDSM, are at least tolerant of it. #Mature boys, but possibly not quite "men", in the way the rest of the #world see men. I use "boy" as more of a mildly derogatory "you haven't #grown up yet, so you're still a boy" term. Ah. Thanks. I sort of thought something like that, having seen the term around. May I forward this to the discussion list of the American Dialect Society? With or without your name & e-dress, at your choice. -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel