xyrself

English

Etymology

From xyr +‎ -self.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

xyrself (the third person singular, gender-neutral, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of xe, feminine herself, masculine himself, neuter itself, plural themselves)

1. (reflexive pronoun, rare, nonstandard) xyr; the gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

   Xe injured xyrself.

   • 1995 May 23, Phil Schwarz, “Re[1]: Giant Steps”, in bit.listserv.autism (Usenet):

     Judy said: [...] What I am interested in is how does it feel for the autistic person xyrself to go through this program. I have heard many negative testimonials [...]

2. (emphatic, rare, nonstandard) xe; an intensive repetition of the gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate

   Xe accomplished it xyrself.

Synonyms

• xemself
• xirself

Related terms

• zirself