English Explanatory Dictionary

xe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. they (singular); gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Extreme E.

Pronunciation

zē hē ksē /ziː/ /hiː/ /ksiː/ /zi/ /hi/ /ksi/

Word forms

xe xem xyrself xirself xemself xyr xir xer

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

they e ey sie ze per

Related words

eGT FE

Derived words

XP
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