xey

English

Pronoun

xey

  1. (nonstandard) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
    • 2018 September 30, Jeanne Morningstar, “MISC: Finale”, in rec.arts.comics.creative‎[1] (Usenet):
      Xey could not help but hesitate. What if xey failed?
    • 2025, Michel Nieva, Dengue Boy, page 56:
      Dismounting from xeir horse, xey approached stealthily, not making a sound […]

See also

  • other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

Tanacross

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy.

Noun

xey

  1. winter

References

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