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This is a concept I’ve wanted a word for, for over 20 years. Thank you for sharing it.

• carabiner 4y ago
  The sad thing is, it's a fake Tumblr word not recognized by any dictionary. Not OED or MW or anywhere else. Tumblr has coined a lot of interesting words though; "genderfluid" is another that started as a joke, then had people adopting it as sexuality for real.
  • NovaVeles 4y ago
    Official language recognition generally lags the real world by a significant amount. A word can be in use for many years before it even gets a consideration into a dictionary. Dictionary's reflect the world, not dictate it.
  • rzzzt 4y ago
    That's the goal of the author, to make up words for complex feelings and phenomena: https://www.youtube.com/c/obscuresorrows https://www.youtube.com/c/obscuresorrows
  • eyelidlessness 4y ago
    I’m not sure when this supposed joke began, but from what I found[1] with a quick search “genderfluid” was used at least as early as 1994 and not as a joke. The same source cites an appearance in Urban Dictionary in 2007, but the entry doesn’t appear anymore and the Wayback link is currently returning 503 errors for me. 1: https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Genderfluid#Etymology https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Genderfluid#Etymology
  • Kye 4y ago
    You've misunderstood the function of a dictionary. It doesn't create or validate words, or identities. Also: genderfluid isn't a sexuality. You've taken a terrible tumble into things you do not understand.