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• also: bboy, often capitalized: B-Boy, BBoy. Short for break boy, as in someone who dances during the break part of a record, the break being the part in the song where all the other instruments drop out and only the percussion remains. The original term for "breakdancer" or "breaker", later briefly used to describe any practitioner or fan of HipHop, a HipHopper, a person who belongs to the HipHop subculture, lives the HipHop lifestyle, current usage is reserved only for practitioners of bboying or "breakdancing", sometimes extended to practitioners of the related dances encompassing the "funk styles" which is not technically bboying but shares a symbiotic relationship with bboying, also a type of human or human-like character in graffiti art. alternative etymologies include: Bronx boy, boogie boy, also break boy with an alternative definition for "break". bboy can also be used as a verb.

  Last edited on Apr 25 2020. Submitted by JeloRocSki on Apr 25 2020.

noun

• a fan of hip hop / rap culture.

  Last edited on Jul 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

origin

• Abbreviated form of "break-boy".

  Last edited on Jul 27 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 26 2013.

interjection

• acronym for "Be Back Soon". Generally used in texting or any keyboard use situation.

  I need to go get a snack. BBS.

  Last edited on May 25 2019. Submitted by Nightowl223 from Earth, TX, USA on May 25 2019.

noun

• acronym for "bulletin board system". Used most often to refer to a computer (or group of computers) that allows users to dial into the system via a modem and download software, play games, chat with other users, etc.
  • See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Aug 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• a web site used to download games and other software; chat with friends and family; etc.

  Last edited on May 25 2019. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 08 2014.