Definition & Meaning of "nary"in English

Nary

NOUN

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

ADJECTIVE

(used with singular count nouns) colloquial for not a' or not one' or `never a'

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

ungradable

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