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Xe

//zi// name, pron

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Extreme E. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts wordnet
Pronoun
  1. 1
    they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third-person

    "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."

Etymology

Apparently independently invented by several people, including Don Rickter. The pronoun appeared in the Unitarian Universalist publication UU World on May 1, 1973, and Mario Pei gave Rickter credit on page 145 of his book Weasel Words (1978).

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