poolboy

Skims hotel water

A poolboy is a young man employed to maintain and clean a swimming pool.

The role has become a stock figure in sexual fantasy and pornography—the attractive service worker who catches the eye of a bored housewife or wealthy homeowner: The poolboy fantasy is such a cliché.

Also spelled as two words: pool boy.

trope

seduction

Enticing someone romantically

  • affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
  • housewifeHome-focused married woman
  • fantasyImaginative mental wandering

stereotype · tan · muscular · young · attractive · suburban · cliche · soap opera · romance novel · forbidden

occupation

attendant

One who assists others

chemicals · chlorine · filter · vacuum · service · net · tiles · cabana · towels · lounge

Categories
Opposites
employment role/status

poolboyhomeowner

Property title holder

estate owner · employer · lady of the house · country club member · hotel guest

aquatic occupation type

poolboylifeguard

Paid swimming supervisor

swim instructor · swimming coach · pool manager

gendered service role

poolboyFrench maid

Stereotyped domestic servant costume

maid · housekeeper · nanny · cleaning lady · au pair

Family

pool, boy, pools, pooled, pooling, boys, boyish, boyhood, boyishly

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG