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theyfriend

noun
/ˈðeɪfɹɛnd/US

Etymology

From they + friend, modelled after boyfriend and girlfriend.

  1. derived from *preyH-✻ — “to please; to love”
  2. inherited from *frijōndz✻ — “friend, loved one”
  3. inherited from *friund✻
  4. inherited from frēond
  5. inherited from freend
  6. compounded as theyfriend — “they + friend”

Definitions

  1. A non-binary partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

    • She'd never had a boyfriend or girlfriend or theyfriend, not in her entire life.
    • Janithor is my non-binary theyfriend [title] […] so prwned^([sic])
    • "And I know as soon as I get in it'll be all 'Do you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a theyfriend?'" Olivia sighs. "And my high school squad is going to be even worse."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA