boychik

American  

[boi-chik] / ˈbɔɪ tʃɪk /

Or boychick

noun

Slang.

1. a boy or young man.

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Etymology

Origin of boychik

First recorded in 1960–65; boy + Yiddish -chik diminutive suffix of Slavic origin

Example Sentences

Even my mother recognized instantly that I and this anonymous Spaniard looked identical, which seemed to rattle her core belief that, in all the universe, her boychik was unique and special.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

After graduating high school, he thought he ought to do what any good Jewish boychik would do: go to college and become a doctor.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022

My grandmother marched into the principal’s office and used the hundred or so English words at her disposal—“Bad boychik take watch!”—to lobby for its safe return.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

Eddie Fisher was the golden boychik of mainstream pop, the dimpled troubadour from Philadelphia.

From Time • Sep. 24, 2010