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minus-square@tiredOfFascists@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•11 months agoWhy would anyone write “enby” when nb is shorter and whose meaning can much more easily be guessed at by people like me wondering what it means…?
minus-square@Ranolden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•11 months agonb is already used to mean “non-black”. The phonetic spelling “enby” is used to prevent any confusion
minus-square@HardlightCereal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•edit-211 months ago I have a swype keyboard that types enby faster than MNB (edit: and with less typos) Enby is a word instead of an initialism and flows more naturally in conversation Enby is a term in use by the enby community, and using it shows I know what I’m talking about Enby is a more “cuddly” word that makes us sound more relatable than an initialism People in the enby community say enby more often in casual conversation, and I wished to convey a casual tone
minus-squareDessertStormslinkfedilink1•11 months agoDon’t forget “nb” is used to denote non-black, so out of respect and to avoid confusion, as well as for all the good reasons you’ve listed, “enby” is the preferred term.
Why would anyone write “enby” when nb is shorter and whose meaning can much more easily be guessed at by people like me wondering what it means…?
nb is already used to mean “non-black”. The phonetic spelling “enby” is used to prevent any confusion
I have a swype keyboard that types enby faster than
MNB (edit: and with less typos)Enby is a word instead of an initialism and flows more naturally in conversation
Enby is a term in use by the enby community, and using it shows I know what I’m talking about
Enby is a more “cuddly” word that makes us sound more relatable than an initialism
People in the enby community say enby more often in casual conversation, and I wished to convey a casual tone
Don’t forget “nb” is used to denote non-black, so out of respect and to avoid confusion, as well as for all the good reasons you’ve listed, “enby” is the preferred term.