bendy-boy

noun

A homosexual man.

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Meanings

nounbendy-boy (plural bendy-boys)

plural bendy-boys

  1. UKderogatoryslangA homosexual man.

    "Are you saying he might be a bendy-boy?" I asked, and Gloria's mam said, "I'm not saying anything of the sort, William" […]

    2015, John Boyne, Beneath the Earth, page 185
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    […] an equally complicated schedule caters for pretty well all-comers who are meticulously sub-categorised by the marketing department. For example one of Heaven's club nights welcome^([sic]) “gays, strays, straights, bendy boys and girlie girls” to a plethora of “bubblegum pop, disco, trash and house”.

    2010, Graham Vickers, Rock Music Landmarks of London

    And then it hit me that I was tricked, and he was saying, “'Course I knew you, bendy-boy. Good luck! Kick their asses and maybe the slut'll let you hold her hand.”

    2010, M. T. Anderson, Burger Wuss, page 42

Origin

From bendy (“see genderbender”) + boy.

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bendy-boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bendy-boy

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Chicago

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