Etsian

English Etymology From en w:Etsy ian one from, belonging to; Etsy was named in June 2005 by co-founder Robert Kalin as a nonsense word inspired by the Italian phrase it eh, si huh, yes, which he repeatedly heard in the film 8½ (1963) and erroneously transcribed as etsi. Noun A seller on the American e-commerce service Etsy. en 2013 Emily Matchar Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity w:Simon & Schuster 9781451665444 73 Etsying, as any Etsian (as Etsy sellers call themselves) will tell you, is a highly addictive pastime. en 2015 Michele White mommymogul Producing Women: The Internet, Traditional Femininity, Queerness, and Creativity w:Taylor & Francis 9781317680246 37 She "quit" her "day job' to dedicate more time" to her "family" and "business." mommymogul [Esty user] hopes to "grow" her "business to the point" that she "can quit" her "day job (like so many of the stories" she has "read about fellow etsians)." en 2018 Clare Burke, Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood Lydia Maria Arantes Mapping Etsy: Reflections on (Spatial) Relations in an E-Commerce for Handmade Things Crafting in the World: Materiality in the Making w:Springer International Publishing 9783319650883 133 This feeling of being a part of a global movement is to a great extent enabled by the spatial quality of Etsy, being both locally and globally embedded. Etsy's spatial dimensions are thus a key characteristic of this global movement toward sustainability, as it is referred to by Etsians.