[General] Question on Roam

[vignts]

Hi All,

Could you please let me know whether the sentence is correct?.

Question: A boy who roams with girls is called as Playboy - Is that right?

Thanks,
VTS

 

[teechar]

Hi All,

Could you please let me know whether the following sentence is correct?

Question: A boy who [STRIKE]roams[/STRIKE] flirts with girls is called [STRIKE]as P[/STRIKE] a playboy. Is that right?

Thanks.
VTS

Hello VTS, and welcome to the forum.

See corrections above.

 

[Tdol]

Roams does not work there for me at all.

 

[andrewg927]

Hello VTS, and welcome to the forum.

See corrections above.

Grammatically, "flirt" is perfect. Though I wonder if there is a better word. Not all flirtatious boys are playboys.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes - 'playboy' has a wider meaning than that.

• a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc

(Collins)

 

[Tdol]

Not all flirtatious boys are playboys.

And, confusingly, most playboys would be described as men not boys.

 

[andrewg927]

I googled it and apparently the word "playboy" meant boy actor (play+boy) in the 17th or 18th century. Of course, Hugh Hefner made it so famous in the 20th century.