autie

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English

Etymology

Diminutive of autistic with -ie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

autie (plural auties)

  1. (informal, nonstandard, endearing) An autistic person.
    • 2001, Jerry Newport, Your Life is Not a Label:
      We must enable nonverbal auties to communicate by independent typing on devices that talk for them.
    • 2005, Dinah Murray, Coming Out Asperger:
      For auties whose meltdowns take a more physical form, even if all the frustration is directed against property rather than people...

See also

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used in contrast with aspie, to denote a person who is on the autistic spectrum but not diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

Latvian

Participle

autie

  1. (deprecated template usage) nominative plural masculine form of autais
  2. (deprecated template usage) vocative plural masculine form of autais