zirself

pron — 2 senses

zirself

pron

Etymology From zir + -self.

1

Gender neutral, Nonstandard, Personal, Pronoun, Third person Zir; the gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

  • I'm trying to point out that his 'help' would be seriously damaging to a person who lacks the ability to fix zirself through a sheer act of will.2002, Lorremiddy, “Today is a great day.”, in soc.singles.moderated (Usenet):
  • This is the pronoun that Carter uses to describe zirself.2007, Sherryl Vint, Bodies of tomorrow: technology, subjectivity, science fiction, page 213:
1 more example
  • "End," zie said to zirself. Recalling the dream's authors, zie thought, At least they can still have them... Zie couldn't imagine a single thing.2007, Colette Phair, Nightmare in Silicon: A Novel:
2

Emphatic, Gender neutral, Nonstandard, Personal, Pronoun, Third person Ze; an intensive repetition of the gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.

Derived terms
zirselves
Related terms
xyrself
Coordinate terms
ze, zir, zirs

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