trophy boyfriend
nounEtymology By analogy with trophy wife.
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A boyfriend, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his partner, usually older and affluent.
- ‘You’re the one who said you needed either a body double or a trophy boyfriend,’ Lisa pointed out. “There weren’t any body doubles available. So I got you the trophy.’2006, Kate Hardy, chapter 2, in The Cinderella Project, Mills & Boon, page 20:
- “I was twenty when I met him. He was a junior associate at the law firm where I worked as a paralegal, and I kind of thought of him as a reward for the years I spent raising Tamara. Smart. Handsome. Thoughtful. The perfect trophy boyfriend. My trophy boyfriend.”2016, Melinda Di Lorenzo, chapter 18, in Worth the Risk, Harlequin, page 196:
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- After Roar moved out, Penelope had been convinced that he would see through the woman, realise she was a wrinkled puma who just wanted a young trophy boyfriend to play with for a while. But that hadn’t happened. On the contrary, they had just announced their engagement in the form of a hideous art installation made of candyfloss.2018, Jo Nesbø, chapter 11, in The Thirst, Vintage Canada, page 123:
- Related terms
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