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| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Noun. Source: The women first saw them as servants. Definition: A fraternity man that serves Monday night dinner and helps clean the kitchen. He is paid for his duties. Context: The girls refer to them when being served at dinner and how cute they may be. Social Source: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | House boy knows that he's doing alright (BROWN SUGAR; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
frat house boy | 6 |
gay house boy | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: houseboy. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-o-o-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: hoboes, hooeys. | |
-3 letters: bouse, bousy, boyos, buoys, bushy, hobos, hooey, house, obeys, oboes, shoyu, sooey, youse. | |
-4 letters: beys, boos, bosh, boyo, boys, buoy, bush, busy, buys, byes, hobo, hobs, hoes, hose, hoys, hubs, hues, obes, obey, oboe, oohs, oyes, shoe, shoo, sybo, yobs. | |
-5 letters: bey, boo, bos, boy, bus, buy, bye, bys, hes, hey. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-o-o-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: houseboys. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 4F 55 53 45 42 4F 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001111 01010101 01010011 01000101 00100000 01000010 01001111 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H O U S E   B O Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 004F 0055 0053 0045 0042 004F 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42495553392364959 |
| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Images: Slideshow 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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