Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗pron
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorythey (singular); gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
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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