baby boy

plural baby boys

1. A very young male human being, from birth to a couple of years old.
2. derogatoryA man who is immature or infantile.

   Tyrese stars as Jody, a misguided young Black man who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced to face the commitments of real life.

   2001, Jet - Volume 100, page 63

   2 more examples

   Says the director: "They've all been raised by women, so they're always trying to show how much of a man they are when they really are baby boys. They have nothing going for them."

   2009, Craigh Barboza, John Singleton: Interviews, →ISBN, page 129

   "I have to sit in a class full of baby boys. Don't you hate baby boys?" "What're baby boys?" "Boys who don't know anything about girls," she said vaguely.

   2011, Jackie Collins, DEADLY EMBRACE, →ISBN, page 207

3. slangThe youngest son in a family.

   My baby boy was accepted to Columbia!

4. slangA term of endearment for a man.