Etymology

womxn

wo·mxn
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Today it means: Feminist spelling of woman. Full definition →

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The story

From women + -x-. Respelled both to avoid containing men (compare English womyn), and to use x (compare English Latinx), intended to convey that the word has a broad scope.

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