theyfriend

English

Etymology

they +‎ friend, modeled after girlfriend and boyfriend.

Pronunciation

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Noun

theyfriend (plural theyfriends)

1. (neologism) A non-binary partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

   Synonyms: enbyfriend, joyfriend

   • 2019 May 28, Talia Hibbert, The Roommate Risk‎^[1], Tantor Media, Incorporated, →ISBN:

     She'd never had a boyfriend or girlfriend or theyfriend, not in her entire life.

   • 2021 October 21, Skeeter, “Janithor is my non-binary theyfriend”, in alt.slack‎^[2] (Usenet):
   • 2022 January 18, Laura Silverman, Game On: 15 Stories of Wins, Losses, and Everything in Between‎^[3], Penguin Young Readers Group, →ISBN, page 196:

     'Do you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a theyfriend?'

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theyfriend.

Coordinate terms

• boyfriend
• girlfriend