Xe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zi/

Origin

This pronoun has been independently invented by several people. Don Rickter invented the pronoun xe in November 1971. It appeared in "UU World" (the Unitarian Universalist publication) on 1 May 1973. Mario Pei gave him credit on page 145 of his 1978 book, "Weasel Words".

Full definition of xe

Pronoun

1. (nonstandard) they singular. gender-neutral

Declension

• Subject: xe
• Object: xem (or hir)
• Possessive: xyr or xir (or hir)
• Reflexive: xyrself or xirself (perhaps rarely xemself)

Synonyms

• singular they
• neologism e, ey, sie, ze, per

Hyponyms

• he, she

Anagrams

• ex , ex.