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wimmin

wimmin noun: feminist spelling of women. Also the eye dialect spelling of women.

Noun

wimmin

  1. Feminist spelling of women.
    • This is about wimmin sticking together (bois too), and fighting for equal rights and opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.2005, Dawn Keetley, Public Women, Public Words, page 425
    • So eager was I to meet new wimmin-lovin' wimmin—or even just some womyn-lovin' womyn—one didn't need a Ouija board to figure out that I would fling myself forthwith into the world of regional Amazonia.2011, Terry Castle, The Professor: And Other Writings, page 215

Also used as

wimmin is also the eye dialect spelling of women.

Forms of wimmin

alternative pronunciation-spellingwimmen
alternative formwymyn
alternative formwomyn

Origin of wimmin

Eye dialect, also used as a feminist spelling of the word women in order to deliberately exclude the word men.

Questions about wimmin

What does wimmin mean?
Wimmin means feminist spelling of women.
What part of speech is wimmin?
Wimmin is a noun.

Words near wimmin in the dictionary

  1. Wimmera
  2. wimmick
  3. wimmicked
  4. wimmicking
  5. wimmicks
  6. wimmin
  7. wimminfolk
  8. wimmyn
  9. wimp
  10. wimp out
  11. wimp rock

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