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单词 zir
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zirpron.

Brit. /zɪə/, //, U.S. /zɪ(ə)r/, /zər/
Forms: 1900s– xer, 1900s– xir, 1900s– xyr, 1900s– zir.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: ze pron., hir pron.
Etymology: Blend of ze pron. and hir pron. Compare zir adj.
Used as a gender-neutral third person singular objective pronoun, corresponding to the subjective pronoun ze (see ze pron.). Cf. zir adj.Used as an alternative to him or her in contexts where the gender of a person referred to is undetermined, and also by or for individuals who do not identify themselves as either male or female, but rather as another or no gender, or as a combination of genders.
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1993 Re: Virginity & Other Things in soc.bi (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Dec. If zie isn't with me by strong and selfish desire, I don't want zir in my bed.
2009 Daily Press (Newport, Va.) 25 Oct. a1 ‘It really just depends on the day, how I dress,’ said Vasold, who prefers gender neutral pronouns—‘ze’ instead of he or she and ‘zir’ instead of him or her.
2018 @TopHat8855 25 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My kid forgot a water bottle for camp today so I had to go buy one. When I handed it to zir, I said, ‘You owe me $1.25.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ziradj.

Brit. /zɪə/, //, U.S. /zɪ(ə)r/, /zər/
Forms: 1900s– xer, 1900s– xir, 1900s– xyr, 1900s– zir.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: ze pron., hir adj.
Etymology: Blend of ze pron. and hir adj. Compare zir pron.
Used as a gender-neutral possessive adjective (determiner), corresponding to the subjective pronoun ze (ze pron.). Cf. zir pron.Used as an alternative to his or her in contexts where a person's gender is undetermined, and also by or for individuals who do not identify themselves as either male or female, but rather as another or no gender, or as a combination of genders.
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1993 Re: Women going for Guys/Money? in soc.singles (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Dec. I do want my partner to be doing something with zir life.
2007 C. Phair Nightmare in Silicon xii. 73 Zie put zir finger in zir mouth.
2018 @Kris_Ripper 18 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Seriously, what kind of nerd quotes zir own book. I'm just saying.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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