Gender neutral language: Difference between revisions
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Gender-neutral or genderqueer words for sibling. Alphabetical order. | Gender-neutral or genderqueer words for sibling. Alphabetical order. | ||
* '''Emmer.''' Non-standard genderqueer term for sibling. | * '''Emmer.''' Non-standard genderqueer term for sibling (emmer-ald, emm, emmy). | ||
* '''Bro.''' Short for brother. This one is taking advantage of sexism/ the male standard in language to use a more masculine term as a way to casually refer to siblings in general. The casualness of the abbreviation might make it slightly less gendered than the full word ‘brother’. Sometimes people associate ‘bro’ with fraternities and irresponsibility. | * '''Bro.''' Short for brother. This one is taking advantage of sexism/ the male standard in language to use a more masculine term as a way to casually refer to siblings in general. The casualness of the abbreviation might make it slightly less gendered than the full word ‘brother’. Sometimes people associate ‘bro’ with fraternities and irresponsibility. | ||
* '''Broster.''' This can be a mashup of ‘'''bro'''ther’ and ‘si'''ster'''’. It can also come from ‘bro’ with the suffix ‘ster’ added. Some people might associate ‘broster’ with ‘bro’. | * '''Broster.''' This can be a mashup of ‘'''bro'''ther’ and ‘si'''ster'''’. It can also come from ‘bro’ with the suffix ‘ster’ added. Some people might associate ‘broster’ with ‘bro’. | ||