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General Slang
banjee boy
· noun · ballroom
A ball performer embodying tough, hip-hop-inflected street swagger.
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A banjee boy is the performer who walks the tough-street category — projecting hard, hip-hop-flavoured masculinity, the kind of swagger that reads as 'don't mess with me' from across the room. The look and attitude are pulled straight from urban street youth. Banjee boy categories have been part of vogue balls since the early 1980s, and Paris Is Burning popularised the figure beyond the scene.
“The banjee boys closed out the ball with realness nobody could touch.”
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banjee boy In A Sentence
The banjee boys closed out the ball with realness nobody could touch.
Origin & Usage
NYC ball culture; 'banjee boy' categories date to at least the early 1980s. Popularised via the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.
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