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demiboy

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English

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Etymology

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From demi- +‎ boy.

Noun

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demiboy (plural demiboys)

  1. (neologism) A person who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.
    • 2015, Kerri McNair, "A Broader Definition of Gender", InfUSion (University of Georgia), Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2015, page 52:
      Polk also identifies as a genderqueer demiboy and uses the pronouns ze/hir (in place of he or she one would use “ze” and in place of him or her one would use “hir”).
    • 2017, Live Love Laugh Ranting, Come As Yourself: Volume One[1], →ISBN, page 62:
      “A member of our family is a Demiboy,” I murmur.
    • 2017, L. Rowyn, The Sun Etherium: An Etherium Novel, #2[2], →ISBN, page 139:
      Jinokimijin had chosen an androgynous male form tonight: not a demiboy, which would typically blend neuter with male, but a femboy, a masculine shape with some feminine elements.

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Adjective

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demiboy (comparative more demiboy, superlative most demiboy)

  1. (neologism) Identifying as partially, but not completely, male.