boy-band

See also: boy band and boyband

English

Noun

boy-band (plural boy-bands)

  1. Alternative form of boy band.
    • 2004 July 22, Alexis Petridis, “Mad about the boys”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 March 2014:
      "I've had my words completely twisted by a tabloid," cautions [Harry] Judd. "They asked me if I thought we were the new wave of boy-bands and my answer was that I think they're still good at what they do, but I think people like the fact that we play our own instruments. Next day," he continues, "the first paragraph is: 'Harry from McFly hates all boy-bands, he thinks McFly are proper rock.'"
    • 2015 August 31, Choe Sang-Hun, “To Jar North, South Korea Used a Pop-Music Barrage”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 September 2015:
      The pop songs, which also included hits by the feathery-voiced chanteuse IU and the macho-ish boy-band Bigbang,[sic] were aimed at giving North Koreans get a taste of South Korean youth culture, the ministry [i.e., the South’s Defense Ministry] said.
    • 2023 April 26, Maria Sherman, “The Jonas Brothers debut songs about fatherhood while an audience relives its youth”, in Los Angeles Times‎[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 April 2023:
      The Jonas Brothers, with their emo quaffs, skinny jeans and ability to play instruments, were a pop-punk boy-band for wholesome tween girls, a parent-approved contrast to the toilet humor of Blink-182 or the queer vaudevillian performance of Panic! at the Disco.
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