myn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Respelling of men based on womyn, which was itself respelled so as to be spelled differently from men.
Noun[edit]
myn pl (plural only)
- (very rare, chiefly humorous) Alternative spelling of men (plural of man)
- 1994, John Leo, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police ISBN 1412845386, page 41:
- Old Yeller — Senior animal companion of color.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — One of the monocultural oppressed womyn confronts the vertically challenged.
- Men at Arms — The myn are at it again.
- 2000 April, Out, volume 8, number 10, page 54:
- […] the 12th Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival is here. (Once again, myn are strictly forbidden.) The weekend-long event holds the promise of craft markets, acoustic folk sing-alongs, and Southern-food potlucks.
- 2005, Lisa Lees, Fragments of Gender ISBN 1411637119, page 30:
- I do not expect to be included in all 'womyn space' (nor, truth be told, do I wish to be). But if the choice is between womyn space and myn space, I sure as heck do not belong in the latter.
- 1994, John Leo, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police ISBN 1412845386, page 41:
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English mīn; compare Saterland Frisian min, mien, Dutch mijn, German mein.
Pronoun[edit]
myn
- (possessive) my
West Frisian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
myn
- (possessive) my
