Sunday, 5 February 2023

Bypass Twins

A few days ago it was my nephew and niece's birthday, their birthdays are separated by hours but fall on separate days, the 3rd and 4th but on different years. There is no word for siblings that are born on the same date in different years in the english language. We would call them birthday sharers.

I made up my own word for different aged siblings that share a birthday or have birthdays that are  hours apart but cross over to the next day from different age groups. I call them bypass-twins. They're virtual twins that bypass eachother's gestation on different years. They both celebrate their birthdays together but they're different ages. That is the closest compound word I can come up with that doesn't require whole phrase. The trouble is I would need to explain the word because I made it up. I would also use the made up word bypass-twin  to describe friends that share birthdays because they share my birthday but they're also from different gestations, even if they're the same age as me because they come from a different womb. 

I call my Chloè and Nathan bypass-twins  inside my head. I don't feel comfortable saying my made up words with my mouth. 

Nathan's birthday has been very interesting, his first birthday was days after the Myanmar military coup, millions of people in Myanmar were protesting. Now there is a balloon dispute between China and USA. 

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