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They. Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate…They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 senses(gender neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third person)They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
(gender neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third person)Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
Origin
Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the EdgeClipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)
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