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.
Source: wiktionary
Emself
Synonyms for "emself" (5 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In this particular instance, a wizard eventually took it upon emself to @toad Mr_Bungle...
Source: wiktionary
The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error.
Source: wiktionary
As he^([sic]) struggled to yank Sarah back to eir room, Edward promised emself that ey'd do whatever ey could to save what was left of eir sibling's sanity- and protect em from their monster of a mother.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.