they/them
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they/them
- /ˈðeɪˌðɛm/ US, UK
Rhymes with -eɪðɛm
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From a common format for specifying gender-neutral pronouns in online profiles.
noun they/thems
- A non-binary person; one who uses gender-neutral pronouns. I've long used videogames as a means to cope with both my disability and my dysphoria, but Baldur's Gate 3 is the first time I've been able to really get into roleplaying a they/them causing mayhem.
verb they/thems · they/themming · they/themmed · they/them'd
- To refer to (someone) using gender-neutral pronouns. As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against m
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noun non-binary person
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Talk about this word "they/them." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/they%2Fthem. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. they/them. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/they%2Fthem "they/them." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/they%2Fthem.Cite this
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