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