1. A style or type of
conversation which has the quality of a kind of bond-creating and bond-sustaining
ritual. "Boytalk" is not really either an
antonym or
complement to "girltalk." There is some doubt even of the
existence of
boytalk, though by
noding "boytalk" perhaps I've provided the
impetus for someone to fill the "boytalk"
node vacuum or
void. Also, keep in mind that girltalk is not necessarily limited to
girls, or, for that matter, to
women only, assuming the reader is someone who still embraces the
dichotic gender paradigm.
2. The title of a magazine column written from the mid-'90s to the present (8/2000) by Pat Califia, which appears in the lesbian magazine, Girlfriends. An interesting conundrum, considering that Califia has resolved to be known hereafter as Patrick, a genuine breakthrough in my subjective opinion, though time will tell what conflicts are engendered by Califia's (long anticipated) transgendered coming out.
3. Not (necessarily) to be confused with Girl Talk, a game.