boy band

noun

: a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience

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Their double life soon gets complicated when a rival boy band harboring a sinister secret begins stealing their fans. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025 An Instagram post from the restaurant showed Chung and Choi posing with restaurant staff in front of a cardboard cutout of the Saja Boys, the demon boy band that their characters are members of in the movie. Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025 In the musical film, HUNTR/X faces their biggest threat yet in the form of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band comprised of demons intent on stealing the ladies' fanbase and feasting on their souls. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025 As a backdrop for all this contemporary music, the show’s choreography, lighting and glitzy projections combine to create the look and feel of a flashy ’90s-era boy band concert. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boy band

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First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boy band was in 1985

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“Boy band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boy%20band. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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