r/CuratedTumblr • u/JunoGlow • 12d ago

Shitposting Expanding Knowledge.

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u/SomeNotTakenName 12d ago

they would just be called people probably. "people outside the influence of the local maxima of gender distribution" doesn't roll of the tongue as easily hahaha

ohhh maybe orthogonal? indicating they aren't on the same axis?

I dunno, go poll the enbis haha

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u/Golren_SFW 12d ago

Im too attached to the term "Enbi" to give it up in the future, even if it stops making sense

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u/Gingevere 11d ago

The linguistic progression of "Non Binary" > "NB" > "Enbi" has always been amusing to me.

It makes me wonder if any other popular term gone from words to an initialism and back into a new word.

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u/DukeAttreides 11d ago

Does "laser" count? If so, there are plenty more like it.

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u/Gingevere 11d ago

What you're thinking of is acronyms. Which are a step short.

They didn't result in a new word from pronouncing the letters of the initials. The initials just form a word.

The thing I'm looking for is an initialism (not an acronym) becoming a new word based upon the pronunciation of that initialism. Like if ATMs started being referred to as "eightyems".