See theyfab on Wiktionary
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},
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"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁(y)-",
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"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd",
"English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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66,
73
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"ref": "2018 November 2, anonymous author, 4chan, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2018:",
"text": "It was only last year that I realized that I'm a trans man, not a theyfab nonbinary, and started transitioning with T immediately.",
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{
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