rude boy

A form of rudeboy — A male juvenile delinquent, originally in Jamaica in the 1960s.

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Meanings

nounrude boy (plural rude boys)

plural rude boys

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of rudeboy.

    The original 1960s rude boys were sharp-dressed, gang-affiliated young Jamaicans. A decade later, the Clash appropriated the term as a romantic catch-all for their own followers.

    2007 July 20, Marcus Gray, “The cult of the roadie”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

rude boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rude%20boy

MLA

“rude boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rude%20boy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rude boy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rude%20boy.

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