Womxn

//ˈwʊ.mən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Feminist spelling of woman. rare

    "A womxn whose ability to carry out this work is through the grace of Anishinaabe mxn and institutions? A womxn without a grove of birch whose bark may be harvested without fear of negative consequences?"

  2. 2
    Feminist spelling of women. rare

    "Twenty-One Ways of Leaving: […] 19. The womxn in their thirties. The womxn with wrinkles at the edges of their eyes. The womxn who spell lonely with ambition. The womxn in their thirties. The womxn who do not bring up your age at the dinner table. The womxn who bring up your accolades at the dinner table. The womxn who make love to you and introduce you at the dinner table like they have not been intimate with your sheets. Oh honey, run. No. The other way."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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