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Don't call me baby: the birth of the gender-neutral ‘theyby’
The Guardian ^ | April 26, 2018 | Steven Poole

Posted on 04/26/2018 4:37:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode

abies are so passe, even royal ones. The hip new thing to have is a “theyby”, according to a trend spotted by New York magazine that sees parents bringing up their offspring in a gender-neutral fashion.

There was of course nothing gender-specific about the “ba-“ part of “baby”, which is already a diminutive form of the original English word “babe”. The Oxford English Dictionary says that its origin is probably onomatopoeic – two syllables of “ba”, which is a typical “early infantile vocalisation”. So while a baby can call itself a baba, even if by accident, it will take much longer to pronounce itself a “theyby”.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: brainwashing; commieacademia; homosexualagenda; language; linguisticactivism; nonpoliticalpolitics; radicalleft; stupidity; theyby
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To: EdnaMode

What are they call the offspring of a “theyby” and a tree is what i want to know. (hahahahlolololrofl...Sorry.)

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~W


21 posted on 04/26/2018 6:30:35 PM PDT by wheresmyusa (A knight without armor in a savage land...)
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(Edit) calling the offspring

damn you cellphones.

~W


22 posted on 04/26/2018 6:32:21 PM PDT by wheresmyusa (A knight without armor in a savage land...)
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LOL. Thanks for the link. These liberals have lost their minds.


23 posted on 04/26/2018 6:35:47 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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Anybody who does that is an unfit parent!


24 posted on 04/26/2018 6:45:05 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: EdnaMode

Deal with it by going with “nonpolitical politics” (Czechoslovakia, Poland, long story from the Cold War). Do what is natural and healthy in spite of them. Use proper language in spite of what the linguistic activists want, even though they decide on dictionary entries.

In regards to human beings, it’s sex, not gender.

Feminism means solely “for women” by both its word roots and use.

It’s mankind. Use that word. Write it in articles and books.

Do you see? Young people, fake your way through college by going along with them, then get real after graduation.

Fight, fight, fight!


25 posted on 04/26/2018 7:20:00 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: EdnaMode

Yeah right.


26 posted on 04/26/2018 7:31:39 PM PDT by Trillian
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27 posted on 04/26/2018 7:40:07 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: bgill

We are Legion because we are many.


28 posted on 04/27/2018 7:30:35 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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