Arifluid is a fluid xenogender that remains connected to specific experience or feeling of gender. It can also be described as a fluid gender where one experiences associations with, or connections to attributes of a gender or genders they are not currently experiencing.
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Alternate Names
- Arigender
Etymology
"Ari" in "Arifluid" likely comes from "Aries", the first zodiac sign of Western Astrology.[1] "Fluid" likely comes from "genderfluid".
Pronunciation
AIR-ee-flOO-uhd
Definitions
- Switching between nonbinary genders while feeling particularly associated with one feeling. - Unknown, During or before 2016[2]
- A fluid nonbinary gender identity, but can still be associated with gender attributes that don't match one's identity, for example being agender with a connection to femininity (librafeminine) - Unknown, During or before 2020[3]
The original definitions of Arifluid state that it can also be called Arigender. However, Arigender was coined with a completely different meaning on or before Aug 25, 2015. As neither term has a known coining date, it's impossible to know which term was coined first.
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History
A record of the coining of this term could not be found. The earliest mention of this identity on the internet can be found on a xenicphobic blog post from January 28, 2016[4] that was attempting to compile a complete list of xenogenders.
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Sources
- ↑ Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ transgenderteensurvivalguide's post made to documment several non-binary gender terms
- ↑ Edit history of the LGBTA Wiki's Arifluid page, the earliest found use of this definition
- ↑ ageofshitlords' gender compilation post [TW: xenicphobia, transphobia, ableism]
- ↑ Edit history of the LGBTA Wiki's Arigender page, earliest found description of the meanings for the flag