Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Golden Retriever boyfriend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
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).
