xir

Translingual

Symbol

xir

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Xiriâna.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Xiriâna terms

English

Alternative forms

• xeir

Pronunciation

• enPR: zûr, ksûr, shûr, zhûr
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zɜː/, /ksɜː/, /ʃɜː/, /ʒɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /zɜɹ/, /ksɜɹ/, /ʃɜɹ/, /ʒɜɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: xir

Etymology 1

An adaptation of her, compare xe.

Determiner

xir

1. (nonstandard, possessive) Belonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

   Synonym: xyr

   • 1999 January 3, Matthew Daly, soc.singles.moderated (Usenet):

     in the recent past, there was an impeachment trial of a judge where every juror was told to secretly choose xir own standard.

   • 2019 October 30, Debbie Luxon, “Myth-busting asexuality: Being asexual in Cambridgeshire”, in Cambridgeshire Live‎^[1]:

     This causes Cici to hide parts of xir identity to protect from these stereotypes.

   • 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202

     The soft blue sky had the feel of a good omen. In Xir old age, the god moved slower every year; lingering in the shallows long after the last fish had been swallowed up by nets. Sometimes Xe stood still for days, in sight of the shore, as if Xe had not quite decided whether to beach Xemself for good. Let Xem only survive long enough to spawn a new god! Else Xir helpless people would be godless ans stranded in the haunted dryland where the dead cities slept. Where less kindly deities roamed.

Etymology 2

An adaptation of sir, warped to resemble the neopronoun xe; check Etymology 1 above.

Noun

xir (plural xirs)

1. (Internet slang) A humorous term of address to someone of equal or higher rank or position, usually when informing them of something.

   Xir, you forgot the gigachad image.

   Your based tradwife, xir.

2. (Internet slang, dated) A humorous term of address to someone assumed to use or be tolerant to neopronouns, as a form of mockery.

Usage notes

This word was initially created to signal a distaste for neopronouns and their users, and so was primarily directed at people who used or were tolerant of them. However, the meaning has broadened, and now the term is used most by people online who roughly align with or are adjacent to the "new right" on each other, the term having become casual slang. It is still sometimes used against the people this word was made to signal against, but due to the semantic broadening it has lost most of its derogatory nature and malice should not be expected from users of it.

Further reading

• “xir”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Rix

Somali

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

xir

1. to close (clarification of this definition is needed)