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enby
- /ˈɛnbi/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛnbi
Where it comes from
The noun is a pronunciation spelling of NB, an initialism of non-binary. The word was coined by the Tumblr user “revolutionator” in 2013 as “an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls”: see the quotation.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
noun enbies · enbys · enbie
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Pronunciation spelling of NB (“a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly that of a man or a woman; one who is outside of the gender binary”).
i wish there was an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls / nb / enby / enbies
Similar: genderqueer
adjective enbie
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Pronunciation spelling of NB (“non-binary; having or pertaining to a gender identity that is not strictly that of a man or a woman, that is, outside of the gender binary”).
For non-binary-identified (or, to use my current favourite term, enby) people, this is magnified by the fact that while most of everyone except Germaine Greer and Donald Trump are prepared to recognise that trans people do exist these days, the enby population is still struggling up that hill with o
Similar: genderqueer
Translations
Talk about this word "enby." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/enby. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. enby. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/enby "enby." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/enby.Cite this
@misc{enby_2026,
title = {enby},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enby},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
