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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Wed Jan 15, 2020, 07:21 PM Jan 2020

Manly, womanly--positive; girly mostly negative. Boyly doesn't exist---why not?

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Manly, womanly--positive; girly mostly negative. Boyly doesn't exist---why not? (Original Post) bobbieinok Jan 2020 OP

Because ish. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2020 #1

Boyish exists Clash City Rocker Jan 2020 #2

I once had a boyly Harker Jan 2020 #4

This is interesting. Girly is a perjorative delisen Jan 2020 #3

The use of "boyly" shows that it exists! Way to go! abqtommy Jan 2020 #5

Tomboy is the word you're looking for. lunatica Jan 2020 #6

rzemanfl

(29,575 posts)

1. Because ish. n/t

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 07:23 PM

Jan 2020

Clash City Rocker

(3,402 posts)

2. Boyish exists

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 07:36 PM

Jan 2020

Boyly just doesn’t roll off the tongue very well, so whoever decides these things chose boyish instead.

Harker

(14,064 posts)

4. I once had a boyly

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 07:54 PM

Jan 2020

on my bumly.

delisen

(6,046 posts)

3. This is interesting. Girly is a perjorative

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 07:50 PM

Jan 2020

used to humiliate boys.

Boyish and Girlish exist and can be used as positives or negatives.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

5. The use of "boyly" shows that it exists! Way to go!

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 08:56 PM

Jan 2020

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

6. Tomboy is the word you're looking for.

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2020, 12:59 AM

Jan 2020

I was a tomboy when I was a kid.

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