eirself

English

Etymology

eir +‎ self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping "th" from theirself.

Pronoun

eirself

1. (neologism, reflexive, nonstandard) emself, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with himself or herself.
   • 1999 July 23, "Allover Stripes", "looking for a style", rec.martial-arts.moderated, Usenet:

     In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability.

   • 1999 November 30, "excalibor" (username), "USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...", in alt.starfleet.rpg, Usenet:

     Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared Eirself for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.

Synonyms

• (neologism) emself
• themself
• (neologism) hirself

Hyponyms

• himself, herself

See also

• other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns