Boyzoner

plural Boyzoners

1. A member of the Irish boy band Boyzone.

   Boyzoner Stephen Gately even became teen pop’s first openly acknowledged homosexual.

   2000 July 14, Gary Shipes, “(Teen) pop goes the world”, in The Stuart News, page D5

   5 more examples

   “Yes, of course, there is an element of competition,” says Boyzoner Keith [Duffy]. “But we don’t dislike the Manchester rivals [Take That].

   1995 March 31, Carlos, “Hot Pop: Boyzone Clear That Rumour”, in Evening Mail, page 46

   They are: Sinaid O’Caroll (19), Lindsay Armaou (17), and 18-year-old twins Edele and Keavy Lynch (who are the sisters of Boyzoner, Shane [Lynch]).

   1998 July 5, “Bewitched”, in Super Scene (The Sun-Herald), page 3

   “Bono’s a good mate now, we’ve had some mad nights,” says head Boyzoner Ronan Keating, who plans to have his ring mounted as soon as he returns to his new house in Ireland.

   1998 October 25, Ian Hyland, “The Diary”, in Sunday Mirror, page 15

   Boyzone (or rather, their management) have seen fit to release a greatest hits album. If they’d waited, they could have got a much cheaper publicity boost by waiting for Boyzoner Stephen Gately to come out.

   1999 June 24, Graham Springett, “My only request is not to hear it”, in The Feltham Chronicle, page 34

   The event brought out Stephen Gately, the former Boyzoner, as well as old party hands Jemma Kidd, Nadia Swarovski, Lady Isabella Hervey and not one but two Atomic Kittens.

   2002 November 22, ES Magazine, page 6