Perisex (to mean non intersex)
Peri is a Greek prefix meaning “about” “around” “near” “surrounding”. It does not imply a sex binary nor does it imply non intersex people strictly fit a binary system, rather it suggests that there are people who are closer to what has been constructed (in western culture) to be “male” and “female” and those people do not fall into the intersex umbrella.
What do intersex people think about this? Mods?
– Mod H
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I think its workable…
but I’m probably going to call them Periwinkles.
“Man, you don’t know how hard it is… I’m surrounded by little pinkish, bluish, violet-y (Where the h ll is my coffee?) fairies ALL THE TIME…. periwinkles, there just isn’t a flyswatter big enough”
almost getting run over in the parking lot, “Oi! You friggin’ periwinkle!”
it rolls off the tongue and sounds better with a sneer.
Perisex — I keep throwing a Molly Shannon “Superstar!” at the end.
but still it’s a lot more workable than dyadic… which just leaves me wondering whatever happened to Dido’s career.
the rational excuse you have for it, Mod H, sounds good too.
It should defuse most of the quibbling.
So, I’m for it.
~ Lad
Archiving this post so people can see this was coined in an intersex blog. The original post was deleted and OP says it was probably a mod that was there for a few days, claiming also that the coiner is dyadic (but they also don’t know who).