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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

puer is just the regular word for boy, as in ”young male” without any sexual connotation.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Words can mean different things with different tones and contexts.

    Oh that one? He's a guy. But him over there he's a boy

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    "Boy" in English has a ton of potential connotations. As one of many examples, during the Civil Rights Movement there was a famous protest sign that said I AM A MAN to counter the way white men addressed black men as "boy."

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