theymab

T1H4E1Y4M3A1B3
/ˈðeɪmæb/

noun

A non-binary person who was assigned male at birth, often one that does not change their physical appearance.

“Coordinate term: theyfab”

OriginEnglish AMAB ← Middle English birthe ← Old Norse burðr →
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Meanings

nountheymab (plural theymabs)

plural theymabs

  1. derogatoryoffensiveLGBTQ slangA non-binary person who was assigned male at birth, often one that does not change their physical appearance.

    Coordinate term: theyfab

    3 more examples

    *holding your newborn baby* so are they theymab or theyfab

    2022 May 18, @CartaMonir, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 May 2022

    Thinking about how she had a theymab signed to her label to be all inclusive and cool but he turned out to be a predator

    2022 July 7, @reignarain, Twitter, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2022

    if you call people theymabs or theyfabs then you're transphobic.

    2022 August 8, @gwencystic, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tóy
  2. Proto-Germanic*þai
  3. Proto-Norse*ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)
  4. Old Norseþeir
  5. Middle Englishþei
  6. Englishthey
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  12. Proto-Italic*segnom
  13. Proto-Italic*segnāō
  14. Latinsignō
  15. Latinassignō
  16. Old Frenchassigner
  17. Middle Englishassignen
  18. Englishassign
  19. Englishassigned
  20. Latinmās
  21. Latinmasculus
  22. Vulgar Latinmasclus
  23. Old Frenchmasle
  24. Middle Englishmale
  25. Englishmale
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  27. Proto-Germanic*at
  28. Old Englishæt
  29. Middle Englishat
  30. Englishat
  31. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*bʰértis
  33. Proto-Germanic*burþiz
  34. Old Norseburðr
  35. Middle Englishbirthe
  36. Englishbirth
  37. EnglishAMAB
  38. Englishtheymab

Blend of they + AMAB (“assigned male at birth”), probably by analogy with earlier theyfab (2016). First uses date to 2019.

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Cite this entry
APA

theymab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theymab

MLA

“theymab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theymab. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theymab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theymab.

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