BL is male-male romantic content, originally created and marketed towards women by female manga artists in Japan to challenge gender and sexual norms in the 1970s.
Boys' love, abbreviated BL, is a genre where the main plotline is a romance between two male characters.
Boys' love is a genre of homoerotic manga and novels aimed at a female readership. BL has expanded to anime, television dramas, video games, and other media.
The BL following in Japan is fierce but small. Less than one percent of the population identifies themselves as BL fans and the market earns only about one-twentieth of the overall domestic manga industry, according to 2015 data from the Yano Research Institute. Yet, despite being a minor one, the audience is solid.
BL targets women. The authors are usually women and they write for women since it's their targeted public. GL is usually written by men for men. Since omen are usually more fervent and hardcore fans than men, there's no wonder why BL is popular.
“Boys' Love (BL), also known as yaoi, is a genre originating in Japan that focuses on male-male homosexual romance; the Chinese variant and subgenre of BL is known as danmei.
GL. abbreviation. (used in digital communications) good luck.: See also GLHF.
Boys Love: Often abbreviated as BL, this term refers to manga featuring romantic and/or sexual relationships between men.
NSFW=Not Safe For Work.
If you want to "rizz" someone, you want to flirt with or charm them. "Rizz" was popularized by live streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat, who used the term around 2021, according to Dictionary.com. It is also believed "rizz" derives from the word "charisma," or "a special magnetic charm or appeal."
GL is an acronym for "good luck," typically used online or in text messages. It is most often used in online multiplayer gaming before a game or match starts. The GL acronym is typically considered friendly but may also be used sarcastically by disgruntled or competitive gamers.
(Internet slang) Abbreviation of have fun.
(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I guess.
Gay-Lesbian, an alternative term for homosexual people.
Short answer: Yes. Many men identify as straight but still experience romantic or sexual attractions to other men. For years, study1 after study has found this to be the case.
The reasons vary, and include readers appreciating the fact that no inherent gender norms are baked in, there is a lack of objectification of women (because there are no women), or they just simply enjoy looking at the pretty guys.
History. The male same-sex romance genre of "boys' love", or BL, originated in Japanese manga in the early 1970s, and was introduced to mainland China via pirated Taiwanese translations of Japanese comics in the early 1990s.
The text slang "fs" means "for sure." It's often used to express agreement or emphasize something. You could use it to say you're "for sure" going to be somewhere later or simply as a response to something you agree with.
FR means “for real.” For example, if a kid says “I hate this class,” their friend my reply with “fr bro.”
MB typically means “My Bad” when sent over chat.
Maybe your friend mixed up the dates for an upcoming event, or assumed something that they shouldn't have. For minor mix-ups and confusion, MB is an easy way to apologize without making a big deal out of the situation.
abbreviationSlang. for fuck's sake (a euphemistic initialism used to express exasperation, frustration, anger, etc., without explicit vulgarity).
S2R = Send to Receive; used when asking for nude pictures. Np4Np = Naked Pic for Naked Pic.
Send to receive (S2R) is Internet chat slang that indicates a request for a picture from another chat user.
BL, GL, NL and HL - boys' love, girls' love, with both terms being self-explanatory.
It's not just used in poker, but it means "good game, good luck"