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to kin

to kin

4 9.9
To identify strongly with a fictional character online and act like them
  • verb
  • /kɪn/
  • Slang
translation icon : identificarse con
  • Yeah, Shug talk about y'all so much, I feel like we already kin.

Then there's empty anger, what he called vein anger or gay kinning.

Examples

  • I really kin with that character; their struggles feel just like mine.

  • We practically kin.

    Harriet (2019)

  • I wish that we were kin.

    Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

  • I'm kin to everyone, and no one in particular.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I know we kin, but that don't mean we close.

    Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming (2022)

  • "I reckon I kin," said Sullard.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • When I watch that show, I can't help but kin with the main hero's journey.

  • Many fans kin with the protagonist, feeling like they share similar experiences.

Antonyms

to detach
16 4.0

To come apart from something it is connected to

to disidentify
8.9

Stop seeing yourself as part of a group or role

Compounds

next of kin
52 3.5

A close family member to contact if someone dies or is very ill

kissing kin
9.2

Relatives you greet with a kiss, often not close family

kin group
4.5

A group of people who are related by blood or marriage

kin of that character
  • Slang
9.9

A person who feels very close to a fictional character and sees themselves in that character

matrilineal kin
  • Specialized
9.2

A relative who is from your mother's family

patrilineal kin
  • Specialized
9.7

Relatives who come from the father's family line

How Identified

to kin
  • Slang
4 9.9
to identify
235 3.4
to relate
283 2.8

Surface Forms

kin infinitive
kinned past
kinned past participle
kinning present participle
kins third person singular

Etymology

The verb kin comes from the noun kin meaning 'family', and a helpful way to remember it is to think 'this character is like family to me', so to kin a character is to feel a strong personal connection with them.