Citations:enbyfriend

Noun: "(slang, neologism) a non-binary partner in an unmarried romantic relationship"

 * 2016, Debbie McGown, Of The Bauble, page 62:
 * "How about friend? Because we're not together." And actually, I'd been just as bad, wondering what was inside Jinn's jeans, as if that would make it clear whether they were male or female, which was stupid. I knew it didn't, and anyway, I didn't care.
 * "Enbyfriend," Mum said.
 * 2017, Irene Wendy Wode, How to Train Your Mafia, page 62:
 * She felt a surge of hope, of warmth, that her beautiful enbyfriend could still pull this off, even compromised by Cryos.
 * 2019, anonymous, quoted in M. Paz Galupo, Lex Pulice-Farrow, Zakary A. Clements, & Ezra R. Morris, "'I love you as both and I love you as neither': Romantic partners' affirmations of nonbinary trans individuals", International Journal of Transgenderism, Volume 20, Issue 2-3 (2019), page 7:
 * she calls me her enbyfriend, refers to me with they/them pronouns when i’m not around, uses genderneutral titles when we’re flirting (i.e. "blanket monarch" instead of "blanket king/queen"), etc.
 * 2019, Ree Melanen, "'I Wish I Radiated Some Kind Of Grammatical Warping Field': Wounding Perfomatives And Doing Nonbinary Gender Through Language", thesis submitted to Tampere University, page 40:
 * my significant other will refer to me as their partner, enbyfriend, loved one, significant other, and other such genderneutral terms.
 * 2021, Roberta Katz, Sarah Ogilvie, & Jane Shaw, Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age, page 138:
 * While many of the interviewees mentioned having a boyfriend, girlfriend, or enbyfriend (nonbinary significant other), we heard over and over again that romantic relationships had to be approached with caution, given their potential to interfere with life and work.
 * 2021, Dan Savage, Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on Sex and Relationships, Dating and Mating, Exes and Extras, page 139:
 * A person who's on good terms with their exes is probably a better human being and a better potential boyfriend/girlfriend/enbyfriend than someone who hates all their exes.
 * 2021, Jordan Shapiro, Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, unnumbered page:
 * I didn't say girlfriend because I didn't wanted to make heterosexual presumptions. I didn't even say boyfriend or enbyfriend.
 * 2021, Capri Stevenson-Bisom, "Pronouns are empowering", BC Collegian (Bethel College, North Newton, KS), 12 February 2021, page 3:
 * Using gender neutral terms like partner, significant other, spouse or enbyfriend are very important to many enbys.