they/them
/ˈðeɪˌðɛm/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.02 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The individual straight cises whom I work with are pretty nice for the most part. Still, people (mostly my boomer coworkers) often misgender other people (mostly the younger they/thems) at my office and bristle when corrected."
- "In case you were wondering, "Shakespeare's They/Thems" turned out to be Rosalind and Viola. The Folger talk summons these "cross-dressed female protagonists" as evidence that Shakespeare was "comfortable" with "non-binary" and "transgender identity""
- "Now testosterone has deepened his voice and his journey has reached its final stage – from they/them to he/him."
- "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 my will since 2005”."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈðeɪˌðɛm/
- British English: /ˈðeɪˌðɛm/
Usage
Inflected Forms
they/thems (plural)
they/thems (present, singular)
they/themming (participle, present)
they/themmed (participle, past)
they/themmed (past)
they/them'd (participle, past)
they/them'd (past)