folx
noun[plural]
informaluk/fəʊks/us/foʊks/a way of writing "folks"(=people)thatemphasizesthefactthat youintendthe word toincludeallgroupsofpeople:
There are a lot of folx who woulddisagreewith me.
Folx ismeantto be agender-neutralword thatincludesmembersof the LGBTQcommunity.
- Somepeoplemightfindemoticonsexcrutiatinglyannoying, but Ifigurethose folx are not solikelyto beinterestedin thisbloganyhow.
- Ilovethe way youcountrypeopletalk,walk, andmoveat apacewhere folx cankeepup with ya.
- Hederidedthe use of theterm"folx", saying that the word initsoriginalspellingwas alreadygender-neutral.
- The uptick in use of words using “x” (like folx, womxn, and Latinx)reflectssociety’s need fortermsthatsupportidentitiesthat don’tfitin agenderbinary.
- Folx was first used in the 1990s.
People in general
- beggar
- bird
- bod
- body
- coot
- devil
- fellow man/men
- figure
- guy
- loiterer
- lubber
- mankind
- party
- peeps
- person
- person of interest
- rogue
- sod
- stiff
- vessel