Meanings
plural demiboys
- neologismOne who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.
Near-synonym: demiman
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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”).
2015, Kerri McNair, "A Broader Definition of Gender", InfUSion (University of Georgia), Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2015, page 52“A member of our family is a Demiboy,” I murmur.
2017, Live Love Laugh Ranting, Come As Yourself: Volume One, →ISBN, page 62Jinokimijin 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.
2017, L. Rowyn, The Sun Etherium: An Etherium Novel, #2, →ISBN, page 139
comparative more demiboy · superlative most demiboy
- neologismIdentifying as partially, but not completely, male.
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Catalan deminoi
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Esperanto demiviro
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French demiboy, demi-garçon
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Portuguese demimenino
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Russian демибо́й
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Spanish semichico, demichico
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