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Antie vs Autie - What's the difference?

antie | autie |

As nouns the difference between antie and autie

is that antie is (south africa) an older female authority figure while autie is (informal|nonstandard|endearing) an autistic person; sometimes used in contrast with aspie, to denote a person who is on the autistic spectrum but not diagnosed with asperger's syndrome.

antie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa) An older female authority figure.

    • Synonyms

    * tannie

    autie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, nonstandard, endearing) An autistic person; sometimes used in contrast with aspie, to denote a person who is on the autistic spectrum but not diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
  • * 2001 , Jerry Newport, Your Life is Not a Label
    • We must enable nonverbal auties to communicate by independent typing on devices that talk for them.
  • * 2005 , Dinah Murray, Coming Out Asperger
    • For auties whose meltdowns take a more physical form, even if all the frustration is directed against property rather than people...
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