487: boy Apr 8, 2016

'Boy' is not an insult or derogatory term by any means, yet the word may easily be used in a demeaning or belittling way, by nature of its definition and the connotations thereof. This was truer still back in the original, middle English sense of the word, which was used to denote a male servant.

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