Definitions
Wiktionary
- pro. nonstandard they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Etymologies
- This pronoun has been independently invented by several people. Don Rickter invented the pronoun xe in November 1971. It appeared in "UU World" (the Unitarian Universalist publication) on 1 May 1973. Mario Pei gave him credit on page 145 of his 1978 book, "Weasel Words". It is also attributed to Jim Sinclair, who apparently coined it circa 1992. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Or ask any one of the ubiquitous motorbike taxi drivers (called xe om in Vietnamese) to take you to his favorite pho spot.”
“With their ATM card, the one that is devoid of any Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, you can go to ANY bank, and not be charged fees, and there exchange rates usually are equal to or better than the daily mid-market rate posted by xe. com.”
““You can employ [...] some stupid made-up gender-neutral pronoun of your own devising like xe.””
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar
“You can employ he or she, or s/he, or some stupid made-up gender-neutral pronoun of your own devising like xe.”
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar
“But the aside in your summary about “stupid made-up” gender neutral terms like “xe”, brief as it is, seems to miss the point by dismissing them out of hand.”
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar
“I love Thailand -- it's inexpensive to live and eat well there see xe.com for current conversion rates and that makes it so much easier to enjoy your vacation when it doesn't cost a small fortune to enjoy all that this bustling city has to offer.”
The Huffington Post: Natalie Bahadur: Three Nights in Bangkok
“It seems in Vietnam, for years now you've been able to log onto the internet, choose which cell company you want, select the phone number of your choice from lists of available numbers, and then have your new sim card and phone minutes card delivered to your place of choice via a xe om (a guy on a motorbike) - to your home, your office, the local café you're hanging out in that day.”
Shari Cohen: Hello, Mr. Obasanje? The Doctor Will Text You Now
“The newly arrived xe-nologist knew as much but politely allowed Train the pleasure of explication.”
“C.xe, W.: _Anecdotes of G.F. Handel and Y.C. Smith_.”
“W ae be ce de ee fe ge he ie je ke le me ne oe pe qe re se te ue ve we xe ye ze”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘xe’.
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Chemical Element Abbreviations
Name Sym # Wt
actinium Ac 89 (227)
aluminum Al 13 26.98
americium Am 95 (243)
antimony Sb 51 121.7
argon Ar 18 39.94
arsenic As 33 74.92
asta...zr, zn, yb, y, xe, w, v, uuu, uut, uus, uuq, uup and 108 more...
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some words
phatic, macerate, amanuenses, theophagy, seraglio, gloaming, geophagy, metaphone, anastrophe, neologism, tetragrammaton, bête noire and 568 more...
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Me
me, mine, myself, i, my, meg, eg, jeg, mein, meine, ich, �? and 140 more...
Tweets
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oroboros Xe. Chemical element symbol for Xenon. Dec 1, 2007
john Gender-neutral pronoun. Oct 11, 2007