folx
noun [ plural ] informal uk/fəʊks/ us/foʊks/
人们(folks的另一种写法,强调涵盖所有类型的人)
a way of writing "folks" (= people) that emphasizes the fact that you intend the word to include all groups of people
There are a lot of folx who would disagree with me. 有很多人会不同意我的观点。
Folx is meant to be a gender-neutral word that includes members of the LGBTQ community. Folx是一个显示性别中立的词,包括了LGBTQ社区的成员。
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- Some people might find emoticons excrutiatingly annoying, but I figure those folx are not so likely to be interested in this blog anyhow.
- I love the way you country people talk, walk, and move at a pace where folx can keep up with ya.
- He derided the use of the term "folx", saying that the word in its original spelling was already gender-neutral.
- The uptick in use of words using “x” (like folx, womxn, and Latinx) reflects society’s need for terms that support identities that don’t fit in a gender binary.
- Folx was first used in the 1990s.