theirself

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theirself

  • /ˈðɐ.sɛl/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -ɛlf

Where it comes from

From their + -self, patterned on e.g. myself, ourself/ourselves and herself (construed as being formed from adjectival her).

pronoun

  1. alternative, nonstandard Alternative form of themselves.themselves 1977, Lou Rawls, “Some Folks Never Learn”, Unmistakably Lou, Philadelphia International Some folks never learn / They never learn / Learn how to be true to theirself.

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