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It is also appears (due to materials on sites for transgender individuals and livejournals) that is a preferred term of self-reference for growing number of people. It may be the case that is is not a common term, but it certainly appears to be a notable one. I hadn't heard of the term before I
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The nominator of this article claims to have done a Google search and found no “reliable sources”. Clearly the person did not search very hard. I spent 15 minutes doing a search and turned up quite a few notable mentions of the term. This word (be used as defined) had appeared in the scholarly
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Charlene. New words or new uses of existing words enter the language all time. Pendants may decry this as defiling the language, and other (informed) parties might argue against the need for a new term or the
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I have never heard of this term, it seems to be a neologism. Certainly it does not appear to be a notable term - I can find no reliable sources through a Google search.
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