Boyfriend and Guy

Boyfriend

Boyfriend noun - A male romantic companion.

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Guy and boyfriend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guy" instead a noun "Boyfriend".

Guy noun - A member of the human race.

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Boyfriend and guy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boyfriend" instead a noun "Guy".

sweet	sweet boyfriend	sweet guy
old	old boyfriend	old guy
rich	rich boyfriend	rich guy
best	best boyfriend	best guy
Other adjectives: normal, ordinary, dead, poor, popular, actual, real, cool, bad, main, young, attractive, cute, former, mysterious, next, different, said, older.

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy that knows this girl who's going with a guy that saw Ferris passed out at 31 flavors last night.

Source: Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy
When a guy (and it's almost always a guy) saves a girl on the street from being harrassed by some undesirables by coming over and pretending to be her boyfriend or brother, or something similar.

Source: Boyfriend Bluff
When her mother found a new boyfriend and the guy blew up on Buffy for not following his rules, several of her friends blamed Buffy's distrust on daddy issues (as in, the guy was technically taking over her father's position, which Buffy couldn't accept).

Source: Subverted Suspicion Aesop

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