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Change log entry 43464
Processed by: richwarm (2012-09-05 01:23:15 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 42336 - submitted by 'xiaoxiong' >>
turns out they don't use 鸭子 (or 鸡 for females, for that matter) over there
a TW speaker told me: 我們叫男生牛郎 不過牛郎都是像小白臉這樣

make a Google search for 牛郎 + 賣淫 and you will see plenty of examples

Editor: nciku ~ 牛郎 1. 名 放牛的小孩。2. ...

The slang term 牛郎 presumably comes from the movie title 午夜牛郎:
《午夜牛郎》(Midnight Cowboy)是一部1969年的劇情片電影,...

M @ 午夜牛郎 ~ 俗稱應召陪客的男妓為「午夜牛郎」。

Wp ~
牛郎可以指:
中國神話故事人物牛郎,請參見牛郎織女
牛郎星,河鼓二的俗稱
午夜牛郎,指男性性工作者,即男妓
午夜牛郎 (電影)

TP example ~
其他的團員也都曾在社會黑暗角落沈溺過:最英俊的阿正過去是酒店的紅牌牛郎,也曾經當過大陸新娘的掛牌老公,「剛退伍時,什麼事都做不好,還被朋友騙了錢,乾脆就放給他爛,」阿正表示,那時候,只要有任何省事又賺錢的機會,他都不會放過。
The other members of the group have also seen the darker corners of society. A-Cheng, the most handsome one, was once a popular host at a ladies' club. He's also taken money to "marry" a mainland Chinese woman so she could immigrate. "Right after I finished my military service, everything was going wrong," he says. "Even my friends cheated me out of my money, so I just thought, screw it!" He started doing whatever he could to make a little easy money.

Not so sure it's just Taiwanese, though:

Baidu @ 牛郎 has 男妓的借代
解释:在日本,牛郎店是很正规的一种文化,里面的服务员都是男性,光顾的基本上都是女性,牛郎的工作就是陪这些人喝酒聊天,帮助忘记生活上面的压力.正规的牛郎是不会用身体做生意的,所有的收入都是靠客人点的酒来计算提成的!

and other sites too ~
在日本有一种职业叫做牛郎,牛郎主要向女性提供各种各样的性服务,...
http://www.travel-blog.cn/archives/china_travel/area/xinan/2010/12/28/26003.html

Altair (star) ~
河鼓二,即著名的「牛郎星」,「天鷹座α」(Altair),又叫「牽牛星」或「大將軍」,在日文中稱作「彥星」。
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E9%BC%93%E4%BA%8C
(matches Wp article "Altair")
Diff:
# 牛郎 牛郎 [niu2 lang2] /male prostitute (Taiwan slang)/
+ 牛郎 牛郎 [niu2 lang2] /cowherd boy/(slang) male prostitute/
# Editor: We also have
# 牛郎 牛郎 [Niu2 lang2] /Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女/Altair (star)/
# Adding one more:
+ 河鼓二 河鼓二 [He2 gu3 er4] /Altair (star)/
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