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  • adjective Alternative spelling of boy next door.

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  • She and her fiancé, Ted, had a girl/boy-next-door love story—and they were adorable together!

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • We can expect a relationship with a love interest to be forged, tested, broken and reconciled — said love-interest being Levi (Brett Chukerman), the boy-next-door and “first string forward” on the soccer team.

    The Curiosity of Chance Hal Duncan 2009

  • Matalin & Reagan debate why Romney is the perennial boy-next-door.

    HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Are 99%'ers More Popular Than Romney? HuffPost Radio 2011

  • She and her fiancé, Ted, had a girl/boy-next-door love story—and they were adorable together!

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • We can expect a relationship with a love interest to be forged, tested, broken and reconciled — said love-interest being Levi (Brett Chukerman), the boy-next-door and “first string forward” on the soccer team.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Perhaps his boy-next-door appeal and work ethic are also why, in a survey, 54 percent of married women say they'd rather have an affair with him than the seemingly untouchable Brady.

    Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady: What Do Their Favorite TV Shows Say About Them? 2012

  • She and her fiancé, Ted, had a girl/boy-next-door love story—and they were adorable together!

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • She and her fiancé, Ted, had a girl/boy-next-door love story—and they were adorable together!

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project reported that as many as 60 domestic, white right wing terrorist attacks were thwarted by law enforcement in the ten year span following the Oklahoma City bombing which, by the way, was also perpetrated by an American right wing extremist with boy-next-door white skin.

    Sharing Tea Bags with Right Wing Extremists 2010

  • In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project reported that as many as 60 domestic, white right wing terrorist attacks were thwarted by law enforcement in the ten year span following the Oklahoma City bombing which, by the way, was also perpetrated by an American right wing extremist with boy-next-door white skin.

    Bob Cesca: Sharing Tea Bags with Right Wing Extremists 2010

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