Quote Originally Posted by Hysterior View Post
they
/ðeɪ/
pronoun
pronoun: they

1 - used to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
"the two men could get life sentences if they are convicted"

people in general.
"the rest, as they say, is history"

people in authority regarded collectively.
"they cut my water off"

2 - used to refer to a person of unspecified gender.
"ask a friend if they could help"

used to refer to a person whose gender or sexual identity does not correspond to the traditional binary opposition of male and female.
"Asher thought they were the only non-binary person at school until a couple of weeks ago"


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I am not even against a gender-neutral pronoun, I just really think it should be a new word instead of a word that also means something else.