Eir

//ɛɹ// det, noun

det, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of excess information rate. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of establishment inspection report: a report issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following the inspection of a facility where goods under the authority of the agency are manufactured, held, or sold. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Determiner
  1. 1
    Belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her. nonstandard, rare

    "Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn’t clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame."

Synonyms

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hirhisperpertheirxyr

Example

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"Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn’t clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame."

Etymology

Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing "th" from their.

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