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Golden Retriever boyfriend

noun

Etymology

From Golden Retriever + boyfriend, due to a person with this personality trait ostensibly resembling the personality of a Golden Retriever. Arose on social video-sharing service TikTok in 2021, and popularised in late 2023, but attested earlier (see quotations).

  1. derived from *preyH-✻ — “to please; to love”
  2. inherited from *frijōndz✻ — “friend, loved one”
  3. inherited from *friund✻
  4. inherited from frēond
  5. inherited from freend
  6. formed as boyfriend — “boy + friend”

Definitions

  1. A man who is extroverted and excitable, kind, openly affectionate, confident, happy about…

    A man who is extroverted and excitable, kind, openly affectionate, confident, happy about life, and immensely caring toward his partner, but possibly naïve or unintelligent.

    • My fairweather friends start coming back soon, my golden retriever boyfriend will be here, and I am already getting enquiries about lessons.
    • Also they didn't characterize Cullen like the other fics that make him out to be the perfect golden retriever boyfriend everyone writes.
    • A big stereotype on TikTok right now is bi women suggesting they are particularly attracted to golden retriever men. They often create TikToks joking they hate the stereotype and then share their golden retriever boyfriend.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Golden Retriever boyfriend.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA