"They" Wins! American Dialect Society Announces 2015 Word of the Year

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I still like hir, although it might be somewhat confusing in a homophonic way.

treacle on January 11, 2016 at 5:07 PM

Wasn't Bowie just another "old white male"?

caution&daring on January 11, 2016 at 5:12 PM

@1 - "I talked to someone from my bank, and hir told me it would take a couple of hours for the system to recognize my new password." Hmmmm, I dunno...

this guy I know in Spokane on January 11, 2016 at 5:21 PM

🍆 was the first emoji I ever used.

nikoniko on January 11, 2016 at 6:12 PM

UGH. Truly there will be no comprehensible language left once stupid people are done butchering it with BS and emoticons.

xina on January 11, 2016 at 6:33 PM

As opposed to Ammonsexual which you can read about at #bundyeroticfanfic

Call me Scott on January 11, 2016 at 7:13 PM

i vote for 'y'all', but didn't nobody ask me.

reverend dr dj riz on January 11, 2016 at 7:36 PM

i'm sorry but i don't understand how to use an eggplant emoji. y'all are losing me.

Max Solomon on January 12, 2016 at 6:54 AM

@3 - It doesn't work in all case, it's true. Perhaps it's just a 3rd person possessive. Mix it in with 'they' and ... "Hir favorite album was Hunky Dory, and they played it all the time."

treacle on January 12, 2016 at 8:47 AM

I hear hir works here.

cliche on January 12, 2016 at 11:24 AM