xyrself

English

Etymology

xyr +‎ -self

Pronoun

xyrself (the third person singular, gender-neutral, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of xe, feminine herself, masculine himself, neuter itself, plural themselves)

1. (reflexive, rare) xyr; the gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

   Xe injured xyrself.

   • 1995 May 23, Phil Schwarz, Re[1]: Giant Steps, bit.listserv.autism, Usenet:

     Judy said: [...] What I am interested in is how does it feel for the autistic person xyrself to go through this program. I have heard many negative testimonials [...]

2. (emphatic, rare) xe; an intensive repetition of the gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate

   Xe accomplished it xyrself.

Related terms

• zirself