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Nary
01
a person with a nonbinary gender
Slang
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
naries
What does "nary" mean in gender slang?
The term "nary" is used in some LGBTQ+ and online communities as a shorthand reference to a nonbinary person or identity. The structure is a clipped form derived from "nonbinary," though it is not widely standardized and can vary in usage across groups. It is informal and niche, mainly appearing in online discourse rather than formal or clinical contexts.
Examples
That nary uses they / them pronouns.
nary
01
(used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
ungradable
Lexical Tree
narial
seminary
nary
