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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agopuer is just the regular word for boy, as in ”young male” without any sexual connotation.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·2 months agoWords can mean different things with different tones and contexts. Oh that one? He’s a guy. But him over there <points> he’s a boy <wink>
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months ago“Boy” in English has a ton of potential connotations. As one of many examples, during the Civil Rights Movement there was a famous protest sign that said I AM A MAN to counter the way white men addressed black men as “boy.”
puer is just the regular word for boy, as in ”young male” without any sexual connotation.
Words can mean different things with different tones and contexts.
“Boy” in English has a ton of potential connotations. As one of many examples, during the Civil Rights Movement there was a famous protest sign that said I AM A MAN to counter the way white men addressed black men as “boy.”