At 06:11 PM 8/14/2002 -0700, Nytemuse wrote: >On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Mark A Mandel wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Nytemuse wrote: > > #Ooh! Ooh! I can help with that! Not myself personally (not quite Asian, > > #but the latter part, sure), but I know cute little girls and bois of many > > #types. :) How I love San Francisco...*giggle* > > 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. As I understand it, a "boi" is a female who identifies as a submissive male in a lesbian relationship. A "boy" identifies a submissive in a gay male relationship. As I understand it, the BDSM community is in a race with the business community to see who can do the most damage to our language in the least time.