"theyfab" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: theyfabs [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English assigned Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -la Latin fēmella Latin fēminader. Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English AFAB English theyfab Blend of they + AFAB (“assigned female at birth”) Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|af|they>pronoun|AFAB>LGBT|id=LGBT|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English assigned Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -la Latin fēmella Latin fēminader. Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English AFAB English theyfab, {{blend|en|they|AFAB|t2=assigned female at birth}} Blend of they + AFAB (“assigned female at birth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} theyfab (plural theyfabs)
  1. (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) A non-binary person who was assigned female at birth, often one that does not change their physical appearance. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Non-binary, People Translations (Translations): theyfab (French)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: theymab"
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          "ref": "2022 May 18, @CartaMonir, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-05-18:",
          "text": "*holding your newborn baby* so are they theymab or theyfab",
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          "ref": "2022 August 7, @uncanny_eli, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-11-25:",
          "text": "i watch the trans women in my life matter of factly talk about how most cis women & theyfabs & transmascs systematically mistreat them at worst and use them as free therapy at best and i'm like Hmm i wonder what hidden dynamics of abuse and labour are going on here",
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          "ref": "2022 August 8, @gwencystic, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-08:",
          "text": "if you call people theymabs or theyfabs then you're transphobic.",
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          "ref": "2022 August 8, @fagfemme_menace, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-03-17:",
          "text": "if you hate the term theyfab so much, then stop putting afab in your bio. stop introducing yourself as afab nonbinary. stop using afab as shorthand for being safe. and for the love of god stop telling trans women they have amab bodies.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 18, @girlofswords, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-11-25:",
          "text": "I'm non binary in a theyfab way but I'm a trans woman",
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          "text": "*holding your newborn baby* so are they theymab or theyfab",
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          "ref": "2022 August 7, @uncanny_eli, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-11-25:",
          "text": "i watch the trans women in my life matter of factly talk about how most cis women & theyfabs & transmascs systematically mistreat them at worst and use them as free therapy at best and i'm like Hmm i wonder what hidden dynamics of abuse and labour are going on here",
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          "text": "if you call people theymabs or theyfabs then you're transphobic.",
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          "text": "if you hate the term theyfab so much, then stop putting afab in your bio. stop introducing yourself as afab nonbinary. stop using afab as shorthand for being safe. and for the love of god stop telling trans women they have amab bodies.",
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