xe
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Attributed to Jim Sinclair, who apparently coined it a. 1992.
This pronoun has been independently invented by several other 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". The pronunciation is zee, as in Xerox and in xenon. Other forms of the pronoun are xes and xen.
[edit] Pronoun
xe
- (chiefly Internet) That person; a subject-case gender-neutral pronoun.
[edit] Declension
- Subject: xe
- Object: xem
- Possessive: xyr or xir (or hir)
- Reflexive: xyrself or xirself (perhaps rarely xemself)
[edit] See also
[edit] Quotations
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| ME: [[{{{enm}}}]] « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 1992, Jim Sinclair, “If you could choose...” [1] Internet Archive: 2003
- 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.
- 2000, Mary Ellen Curtin, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated [2]
- I wrote to EmGee privately and xe said yes, that was one of the things xe was talking about.
- 2002, Ken von Mattell, in alt.suicide.holiday [3]
- I mean, suppose there's someone who can't leave the house because xe's all tied up with counting tiles in the bathroom all day, and if xe manages to get done with that, there's the stove to check again and again ... you get the idea.
[edit] Ewe
[edit] Adjective
xe
[edit] Noun
xe
[edit] Verb
xe
- To block – (To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass) or (To prevent (something or someone) from passing).
- To catch – (act of catching a ball).
- To fill – (to make full).
- To seal – To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something) or (To close securely to prevent leakage).
[edit] Lojban
[edit] Cmavo
xe (rafsi xel)
- Refers to the x5 sumti of the following word.
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛ˦/
[edit] Noun
xe
