boy toys

Younger male companions

Boy toys has two distinct meanings.

In the original sense, boy toys are playthings marketed to boys—action figures, toy trucks, water guns.

The other meaning emerged in the 1980s: a boy toy is a young man kept as a romantic or sexual companion by an older, often wealthier person, usually a woman: She showed up at the gala with her latest boy toy.

childhood

action figures

Jointed miniature character toys

remote control cars · pokemon cards · dinosaurs · video games · building blocks · race tracks · water guns · gi joe · model trains · superheroes

gender marketing

trucks

Heavy cargo vehicles

sports equipment · race cars · robots · costumes · blocks · puzzles · building sets · chemistry sets · telescopes · microscopes

adult slang

sports car

High-performance driving machine

gaming rig · drone · home theater · golf clubs · watches · gadgets · muscle car · convertible · snowmobile · electric guitar

Categories
Opposites
relationship seriousness

boy toyshusbands

Married male partners

life partners · soulmates · fiancés · keepers · significant others

partner age/maturity dynamic

boy toyssugar daddies

Wealthy older male sponsors

father figures · silver foxes · men of means · patrons · mentors

gendered equivalent

boy toystrophy wives

Attractive partners as status symbols

arm candy · kept women · gold diggers · sugar babies · bimbos

Family

boy, boys, boyish, boyhood, toy, toys, toyed, toying, toylike

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG