Xe Definition

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Xenon.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(nonstandard) They (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

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Origin of Xe

  • 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".

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