xe

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xe^¹

/ziː/ UK
/hiː/ UK
/ksiː/ UK
/zi/ US
/hi/ US
/ksi/ US

Sounds like he, z · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Apparently independently invented by several people, including Don Rickter. The pronoun appeared in the Unitarian Universalist publication UU World on May 1, 1973, and Mario Pei gave Rickter credit on page 145 of his book Weasel Words (1978).

pronoun xem · xyrself · xirself · xemself · xyr · xir

gender neutral, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third person they (singular); gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Anyone I would be interested in would have to be a pretty special person. I wouldn't want to miss out on knowing such a person just because xe happened to be the "wrong" sex.
Similar: they, e, ey, sie, ze, per

XE^²

proper noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of Extreme E

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MLA

"xe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/xe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

xe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/xe

Chicago

"xe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/xe.

BibTeX

@misc{xe_2026,
  title = {xe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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