Meaning of enby | Babel Free

Definitions

Pronunciation spelling of NB (“a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary”).

alt-of, informal, neologism, pronunciation-spelling

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Examples

“i wish there was an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls / nb / enby / enbies”

“I doubt most wedding fair vendors would recognise an enby even if you carried an explanatory sign.”

“So, boys and girls and enbies, if the sex isn't good at or very near the beginning, the passage of time and/or muttering of vows isn't going to fix it.”

“'Ladies and enbies,' she said, the five foot three height requirement for pilots continued to mean that nearly all the human fighter pilots she had ever met were women or enbies. She could see no evidence before her that anything had changed. 'You might have heard of me, my call sign is Romeo,' she paused while the pilots giggled and sniggered.”

“He’d begun the day’s broadcast by rattling off a standard opening monologue: “Folks, we’re live and alive, and I hope all the boys, girls, and enbies”—nonbinary people—“are having a fantastic one.””

CEFR level