i mean, whats the logic and meaning of this name?
2006-08-08 19:17:04 · 32 answers · asked by IDNTGIVASHT 6 in Local Businesses ➔ Singapore
cause they are cooler than other girls!!! Not afraid to be who they are...
2006-08-08 19:21:07 · answer #1 · answered by kennedy c 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A tomboy is a girl who behaves according to the gender role of a boy. This typically includes various things:
Wearing non-feminine clothes.
Enjoying games, interests, and activities (often physical, such as running, jumping, climbing trees and sports like soccer and baseball) that are often considered to be the domain of boys.
Preferring school subjects often considered to be the domain of boys, like mathematics and science.
Preferring to befriend boys more than other girls.
The word is recorded in Engish since 1553, for a "rude, boisterous boy," from Tom (a common boys namen as in 'Tommy' meaning soldier) + boy; the meaning "bold or immodest woman" is attested from 1579; the present use is first recorded in 1592.
2006-08-08 19:33:43 · answer #2 · answered by pooh bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only the ones who are really into sports and like to dress in "boys" clothing.... or just tend to avoid doing anything "girly".
The word is recorded in Engish since 1553, for a "rude, boisterous boy," from Tom (a common boys namen as in 'Tommy' meaning soldier) + boy; the meaning "bold or immodest woman" is attested from 1579; the present use is first recorded in 1592.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomboy
2006-08-08 19:20:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Girls that like to do "Boy" things are called Tom-boys
2006-08-08 19:21:12 · answer #4 · answered by Carlos D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word history
The word is recorded in Engish since 1553, for a "rude, boisterous boy," from Tom (a common boys name as in 'Tommy' meaning soldier) + boy; the meaning "bold or immodest woman" is attested from 1579; the present use is first recorded in 1592.
2006-08-08 19:20:49 · answer #5 · answered by Spin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i have always been called a "Tom Boy" but i think that its cuz i always used to hang out with guys enstead of girls and i always did the "guy" things. ya know? but its weird bcause girls dont get hurt or upset when they are called Tom boys but guys get all deffensive when they are called Tom Girls. . . kinda weird how that works out.
2006-08-08 19:22:03 · answer #6 · answered by Toni 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all girls are called tomboy, some are sissy but that is used for men and boys as well. Girls that are called tomboy generally refuse to behave according to the common feminine role model. Because most people like to think in categories, a girl that doesn't behave like one is boyish, wherefore tomboy.
I tossed in a few links for you.
2006-08-08 19:26:14 · answer #7 · answered by groovusy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tom-boys are girls who act like boys.
2006-08-08 19:29:19 · answer #8 · answered by Turtle 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it is evident that their destiny is to be a High School Phys Ed teacher and spend a lot of time walking past the girls shower area!
2006-08-08 19:20:15 · answer #9 · answered by old dude 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, there is it was a way of describing a girl who like to do things and play the way that boys did. These day the term is dated
2006-08-08 19:22:00 · answer #10 · answered by elvenlike13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz tom is a boy name, and there was this guy named tom, that kinda looked girly, but dressed and acted like a guy. so yeah. true story.
2006-08-08 19:21:05 · answer #11 · answered by Chlo Bell 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋