co
pronUK /kəʊ/ · US /koʊ/
Etymology Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.
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Gender neutral, Nonstandard, Third person Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
- Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks [...]1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: A Documentary Study of Twin Oaks Community:
- At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context and different terms in a Euro-American cultural context than in other racial and ethnic contexts.1996, Beemyn, Brett; Elianon, Mickey, Queer studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Anthology, page 74:
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- A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact.2004 April 1, Pieira dos Lobos, “Fern's Story two”, in alt.magick.serious (Usenet):
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Gender neutral, Nonstandard, Third person Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
- Related terms
- co-wash