Definitions For Enby

Adjective

(not comparable) (neologism, informal) {{1, non-binary}}; having a gender identity that is not male or female. : Synonym: genderqueer

Derived terms

enbian enbyfriend enbyphobia enbytch

Translations

{{trans-top}} French: enby, NB

Noun

ENBY (plural ENBYs) (neologism, informal) A person whose gender identity is not strictly male or female; one who is outside of the gender binary.

Hyponyms

femby galby girlby mascby womanby

Descendants

{{desc, de, Enby, bor=1}}

Translations

Esperanto: neduumulo French: enby, NB German: Enby, n Icelandic: {{qualifier, adults}} kvár, n; {{qualifier, children and adolescents}} stálp, n Japanese: Xジェンダー

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of the letters NB, an initialism of non-binary. appendix:glossary#coinage, coined by the tumblr user {{coin, en, revolutionator, w=-, in=2013, notext=1, nobycat=1}} as “an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls”.The original post can be seen at {{cite-web, url=https://02348294832908091.tumblr.com/post/60853952929/i-wish-there-was-an-nb-equivalent-to-words-like, work=Tumblr, passage=i wish there was an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls / nb / enby / enbies / [in the post’s tags:] #its my sworn foe.... lexical gaps #gender bullshit tag by vector, title=02348294832908091 [page title], date=2013-09-10, author=02348294832908091 [username], accessdate=2021-05-21}} (requires logging in). A contemporary and publicly viewable reblog recording the Tumblr user’s name at the time can be see at {{cite-web, author=revolutionator, work=Tumblr, url=https://andragonyremade-blog.tumblr.com/post/60854489003/revolutionator-i-wish-there-was-an-nb, title=walk with the shadows, date=10 September 2013, accessdate=22 July 2020}}.

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