单词 | folx |
释义 | folxn. colloquial. People, folk; people in general. Cf. folk n. 3a.Originally in representations of regional speech (chiefly U.S.); in later use, the spelling folx has been adopted by some as an explicitly inclusive term, intended to include groups that are typically marginalized (spec. the LGBTQ community); cf. Mx n., Latinx n. ΚΠ 1833 I. Downing Let. 1 Sept. in N.-Y. Gaz. & Gen. Advertiser 7 Sept. 2/2 There's so much noise, and sich an etarnal snarl of folx, night and day, that my head's plaginly obfusticated. 1893 Daily Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 1 Apr. 4/3 It is said that these folx can hear the oncoming sweeps of the tide-bore from the Irish sea. 1927 T. L. Masson Bk. Wit & Humor 8 I think anyone is narrow who nox home-town folx and talx as though they were all hix. 1988 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) 3 May 12/5 It was a memorable event, folx. 2001 C. T. Rampling in queerbychoice.com 6 May (blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 13 June 2002) I resent it that some queer folx (primarily non-choice gay or lesbian folx) think I would just deny my queerness at the first sign of inconvenience. 2020 New Yorker 18 May 24/2 A large collective in Seattle set out explicitly to help ‘Undocumented, LGBTQI, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Elderly, and Disabled, folxs who are bearing the brunt of this social crisis.’ 2021 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 17 Nov. CRT helps us identify the systems that perpetuate racism and allow for women of color, people with disabilities, queer and trans folx, and other marginalized people to be disproportionately impacted by sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and sexual harassment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1833 |
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