zir

See also: žir

English

Etymology

Blend of z (“gender-neutral (as in ze)”) +‎ i (“him/his”) +‎ r (“her”).

Pronoun

zir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

  1. (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, coordinate with him and her.
    • 2002, Calderwood, Lynsey, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:
      However, it soon became very lonely as none of Alice’s school friends could see zir anymore and they soon forgot all about zir.

Derived terms

  • zirs

Adjective

zir (not comparable)

  1. (neologism) Belonging to zir, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
    • 2002, Calderwood, Lynsey, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:
      … just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …

Derived terms

Usage notes

Used with ze (“gender-neutral subject, coordinate to he/she”).

Coordinate terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Adverb

zir

  1. very
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