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There have been womon, womyn and even wimmin. Now activists at British universities have settled on womxn as the latest attempt to replace the words woman/women.

Confusingly, King’s College in London, England, has the KCL Women in Physics student society and the Womxn in Physics Society.

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The KCL womxn society, says a website, was founded to address “the issue of underrepresentation of women and non-binary people in the physics department at King’s College London.”

It adds, “This society aims to act as a safe space for all minorities in the field of physics.”

Over at Goldsmiths, University of London, the student union there has also adopted the spelling.

A recent Facebook post said, “Why not give our Womxn’s Basketball session or Adidas Womxn’s Fun Run a go later on today?”

“Womxn is used to demonstrate our commitment to inclusiveness,” Goldsmiths student union told CNN in a statement. “No student has complained about its use.”