ey
A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak…A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak pronouns, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
/eɪ/
Meaning
1 senses(epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third person)A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak pronouns, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Origin
Coined by Christine M. Elverson in 1975 by removing the "th" from they.Coined by Christine M. Elverson in 1975 by removing the "th" from they.
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