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  • I have a swype keyboard that types enby faster than MNB (edit: and with less typos)

  • Enby is a word instead of an initialism and flows more naturally in conversation

  • Enby is a term in use by the enby community, and using it shows I know what I’m talking about

  • Enby is a more “cuddly” word that makes us sound more relatable than an initialism

  • People in the enby community say enby more often in casual conversation, and I wished to convey a casual tone

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Don’t forget “nb” is used to denote non-black, so out of respect and to avoid confusion, as well as for all the good reasons you’ve listed, “enby” is the preferred term.

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Ok, I get what you mean. My counterpoints would be that nb in writing wouldn’t “flow” differently because typing isn’t the same as speaking. Out of context, a lot of insider terms get lost.

But you do you.

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Do you have aphasia? Most people have a voice in their head that reads things to them. Helping the voice read my text with a better flow leads to less headaches for readers.

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That’s a weird question. No of course not, not even sure you understand what that means…

Again jargon is designed for the in group. When language is more accessible to all random Internet users… On the random Internet… Seems like a win to me.

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Yo did i find a fellow aphasia homie

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