Hir
det, pron ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with him and her. gender-neutral, nonstandard, objective, singular, third-person
"But once the disorientation had passed, hir forced hirself back to full consciousness--and worked quickly to establish hir position, and Ruskin's."
- 1 Belonging to hir, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her. nonstandard
"Getting down to cases now, a child's learning, L, in the sixth grade will be a function of a number, say k, of variables X1 X2, X3, ... Xk representing hir (hir is an abbreviation for his or her and is pronounced here) previous education, motivation, rapport with teachers, peers' atitudes toward education, teachers' ability, and so on."
Example
More examples"But once the disorientation had passed, hir forced hirself back to full consciousness--and worked quickly to establish hir position, and Ruskin's."
Etymology
Blend of him/his + her.
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