Boy Wonders Or Boys Wonder?

I can’t even remember what it was that triggered my thought, but I was reading something or other yesterday which made me ponder …

Is the plural of Boy Wonder:

  • Boy Wonders
  • Boys Wonder

So I put a poll up on Twitter, and as of now, the split is exactly 50/50.

I think it’s like Attorneys General, because otherwise it’s it’s just a boy with many wonders.

So I asked Facebook, and they were much more decisive over there.

Boy Wonders got 17% and Boys Wonder got 83%.

Facebook is right. For once.

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