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1. Silly; crazy.

2. Completely absorbed, infatuated, or excited: They were gaga over the rock group's new album.

3. Senile; doddering.
 for gay boys--at least in their comic books. Known as yaoi (pronounced "yah-oh-ee"), shonenai, and BL ("boys' love"), gay romance is one of the most popular genres in manga maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. Their music is mainly a fusion of alternative metal and hip hop music, with a touch of Anatolian melodies; with heavy use of turntables, invoking comparisons with modern American nu metal bands. , or Japanese comic books. A few titles--including Fake, Gravitation, From Eroica With Love, and Yellow--have already come stateside. But November sees an explosion of BL on our shores.

TokyoPop, one of the largest manga publishers in the United States, is launching BLU BLU Blue
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BLU Backlight Unit (LCD)
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, an imprint specifically for BL manga with "interesting and compelling stories that also look good," says editor Lillian Diaz-Przybyl. "There's a lot of cliches in the genre, and we're trying not to tell the same story about two high school guys in love."

BLU's first wave includes Earthian, a fantasy involving fallen angels; Love Node, an intergenerational drama; and Shinobu Kokoro, a comedic look at ninjas gone frisky. Digital Manga Publishing is also unleashing a glut of BL titles, including Jazz, about a doctor-patient relationship crossing the line; La Esperanca, a tense schoolboy drama; and Our Kingdom, a romance between boys from different backgrounds.

Lesbians and their fans need not feel left out: Girls' love (yuri) books, including the recent Yuri Monogatari 3 anthology, are currently available from ALC (Assembly Language Coding) A generic term for IBM mainframe assembly languages.

1. ALC - Assembly Language Compiler.
2. ALC - Airline Line Control.
 Publishing, and DMP DMP Dossier Médical Personnel (France)
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 will test the waters with its first yuri title in January.
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Title Annotation:NOTES FROM A BLOND
Author:Ferber, Lawrence
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9JAPA
Date:Nov 22, 2005
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