boy-girl
Speech parts
1. boy-girl - Noun
2. boy-girl - Adjective
Meaning
boy-girl (plural boy-girls)
Someone who has characteristics of both boys and girls; someone young and androgynous.
boy-girl (not comparable)
Characterized by stereotypical romantic relationships between young people.
Examples
Our camels plodded along. Katrina tried to kiss, or possibly spit on Hindenburg, and Hindenburg farted in response. I found this a depressing commentary on boy-girl relationships.
She says "Do I know you?” I say "Well, no, not biblically, But I've been waiting for you to come and talk to me. I have been playing too many of those boy-girl games.” She says, "Honey, you are safe here. This is a girl-girl thing.”.
I think the Food Network producers were taking the easy route in trying to do a boy-girl finale.
What jumped out at Phyllis Katz, in her study of 200 black and white children, was that parents are very comfortable talking to their children about gender, and they work very hard to counterprogram against boy-girl stereotypes.