Welcome to the Slangpedia entry on “boyfriend”! 👲👨🏿👨 Here are a bunch of slang words that mean boyfriend:
- Bae: An abbreviation of babe or baby.
- Usage: “I’m going to see my bae”
- Beau: Boyfriend or girlfriend. Pronounced “bo”.
- Usage: “Me and my beau went out last night and had a fabulous time!”
- Origin: French word for beautiful.
- Hobeau: A non-hygienic boyfriend.
- Boo: Boyfriend or girlfriend. Someone you care about a lot and whom you love and adore – your soul mate.
- Origin: Possibly derived from the French word “beau”(pronounced “bo”, not “boo”), meaning beautiful (see above).
- Origin: Possibly derived from the French word “beau”(pronounced “bo”, not “boo”), meaning beautiful (see above).
- Squeeze: This term may refer to a “friends with benefits” partner, or to an actual girlfriend or boyfriend. The term “main squeeze” refers to your “main” partner, implying that though you do have others, they are the most important one to you. See here for definitions of “main squeeze”, and here for definitions of “squeeze”.
- BF: Acronym for boyfriend.
- Hubby: Short for husband, and originally used as a nickname for the man you are married to, but is also widely used to describe a good boyfriend that you believe you are likely to marry, or be with forever.
- Usage: “She’s more than my boy, he’s my hubby.”
- Bfnd: A contracted version of “boyfriend”.
- Personfriend: Synonym for significant other / boyfriend / girlfriend.
- Usage: “Are you and your personfriend going on a date tonight?”
- Significant other / SO: A common word meaning spouse, wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, or lover. Used when you don’t want to be too specific, or when the details are nobody’s business.
- My boy: Synonym for “my boyfriend”.
- Usage: “Seb is my buy”
- Bby: Abbreviation of “baby”.
- Manfriend: May refer to one’s boyfriend, or to a male friend with benefits. It may also be used in a situation where you’re not quite in a relationship, and you’re not quite friends – in the transition.
- Boyfy: Slang abbreviation of “boyfriend”.
- Boif: Shortened slang for boyfriend.
- My better half: Slang for girlfriend/boyfriend or husband/wife.
- LTR: An acronym for “long-term relationship”.
- LOML: An acronym for “love of my life”.
Here’s a list of “pet names” or “terms of endearment”: cute nicknames for a boyfriend:
- Baby daddy
- Bestie
- Batman
- Boo bear
- Cookie
- Dumpling
- Dreamboat
- Good lookin’
- Handsome
- Hercules
- Honey badger
- Honey bear
- Honey bee
- Hot lips
- Hunk
- Iron man
- Hun
- Jellybean
- Love muffin
- Lover boy
- Mack daddy
- Mister
- Monsieur
- One and only
- Panda
- Panda bear
- Papa
- Papa bear
- Pookie
- Prince
- Robin Hood
- Snuggle butt
- Snuggle muffin
- Snuggy
- Soldier
- Stud
- Sugar daddy
- Sweet cakes
- Sweet pea
- Sweetie
- Cutie
- Sweetums
- Tiger
- Tough guy
- Wolverine
- Wookie
- Zorro
- Baby love
- Bookie bear
- Pumpkin / punkin
- Dearest
- My love
That’s it for our list of slang words for “boyfriend”. Did we miss any? Please let us know in the form below! 👍😊