Which do you think is correct?
@mawr both, though i personally use the latter
@mawr the answer is both 😤
@mawr imo theyre both correct (or rather i dont even want to apply this concept to queer labels), i think ppl get to spell their labels how they feel is right
@mawr with dash feels "original" slash proper slash specific
But language should(hot take) trend toward nonambiguous contracted forms; "enby" is the 'correct' term in my head
@mawr Why not both?
@mawr both
Merriam-Webster has listed "nonbinary" (no hyphen) with citations going back to 1863.
@mawr Oops.. I had a giggle about that.
@mawr I do kinda feel both work and also suggest that based on place names the English version should be "nonbinavereigh."
@mawr this is entertaining
@mawr you left out non binary which would have made it non binary
@mawr I'm kinda curious about how the choice of hyphenation correlates with age. Are hyphens old-fashioned?
... old fashioned?
... oldfashioned?
There are lots of unhyphenated '"non" words: "nonconsecutive", "nonrestrictive", "nontransferable", "nondestructive", "nonexistent", etc. Exactly which ones depends on your dictionary.
@ElectricKeet @mawr I think compound words tend to start with a hyphen and then if they remain in common use lose it
see also all the old time newspapers going "to-day.."
@mawr both but if I was like writing an academic paper or a news article I'd hyphenate it
@mawr My eyes say "non-binary" because it looks nicer but my brain says "nonbinary" because fuck typing a hyphen I don't need to
I didn't intend to but I sure did end up asking nonbinary people to categorize non-binary on a binary and uh
