• Perself

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: pÉ™rˈself
    • Rhymes: -É›lf
    • Hyphenation: per + self

    Origin

    per (from person) + self (like himself, herself, etc.)

    Pronoun

    pronoun

    1. (neologism, reflexive) per, themself; gender-neutralPer injured perself.
      • 1996 February 22, "Susan Groppi" (username), "These messages make me so sad...", in
    alt.adoption, Usenet:
      • I can't comment on the original poster's motivations, but I do know that some agencies (mine, for instance) will not release any information until the adoptee is 18, and then the adoptee perself has to request the information.
      • 1996 December 6, "Suki L. McDonough" (username), "What's Up?", in
    soc.women.lesbian-and-bi, Usenet:
      • My hit on the comment was that she was saying that a person on a newsgroup could choose *not* to publicly identify as a member of a visually identifiable minority which is subject to oppression, and therefore spend some time not having to have such oppression directed at perself as an individual (although obviously such a person would still be subject to "ist" postings which aim at the oppressed group in general).
      • 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in
    alt.sex.bondage, Usenet:
      • The person who called perself a dom, but then breached a safeword or did something similarly non-consensual.

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