See also: boy's love

English

edit
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

edit

Calque of Japanese ボーイズラブ, which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English boys + love.

Pronunciation

edit
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

edit

boys' love (uncountable)

  1. a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
    Synonym: (initialism) BL