xe

代词 pron.
中文释义
英 /ziː/|/hiː/|/ksiː/    美 /zi/|/hi/|/ksi/

英文释义

代词 pron.
  1. they (singular); gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. gender-neutral,nominative,nonstandard,singular,third-person
    — Anyone I would be interested in would have to be a pretty special person. I wouldn't want to miss out on knowing such a person just because xe happened to be the "wrong" sex.

词形变化

xem oblique xyrself reflexive xirself reflexive xemself reflexive xyr possessive xir possessive xer possessive

词源

Apparently independently invented by several people, including Don Rickter. The pronoun appeared in the Unitarian Universalist publication UU World on May 1, 1973, and Mario Pei gave Rickter credit on page 145 of his book Weasel Words (1978).
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