A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address
This has something of the meaning of ‘big shot’, but the ‘big’ often takes on sexual innuendo and is meant to be flattering. Typical usage of this term would be by a prostitute to a prospective client.
‘Big Boy, Big Boy, oh give me all you’ve got’, is part of the hero’s sexual fantasy in Portnoy’s Complaint, by Philip Roth. A young Irish woman uses ‘big boy’ to her lover in Like Any Other Man, by Patrick Boyle. The expression is merely friendly when it occurs in The Limits of Love, by Frederic Raphael. A woman attracts the attention of a friend by calling to him, ‘Big boy! Over here!’
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