different between hirself vs zirself

English

Etymology

hir +? self, following pattern of herself, himself, and itself

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?r?self, IPA^(key): /hi??s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf
• Hyphenation: hir?self

Pronoun

hirself (a reflexive, third person singular, gender-neutral (or multigendered) personal pronoun)

1. (reflexive) Hir, themself; Gender-neutral third-person singular object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with gendered himself and herself.
2. (emphatic) Sie; an intensive repetition of a gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of a predicate.

Synonyms

• themself
• (neologism) emself, perself

Hyponyms

• himself, herself

Usage notes

See usage notes for hir.

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

English

Etymology

zir +? -self

Pronoun

zirself (the third person singular, gender-neutral, personal pronoun)

1. (reflexive) zir; the gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
   • 2002, "Louise", Anyone want to introduce zirself before APC9? (on newsgroup alt.polyamory)
   • 2002, "Lorremiddy", Today is a great day. (on newsgroup soc.singles.moderated)

     I'm trying to point out that his 'help' would be seriously damaging to a person who lacks the ability to fix zirself through a sheer act of will.

   • 2007, Sherryl Vint, Bodies of tomorrow: technology, subjectivity, science fiction (page 213)

     This is the pronoun that Carter uses to describe zirself.

   • 2007, Colette Phair, Nightmare in Silicon: A Novel:

     "End," zie said to zirself. Recalling the dream's authors, zie thought, At least they can still have them... Zie couldn't imagine a single thing.

2. (emphatic) ze; an intensive repetition of the gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate

Coordinate terms

• ze, zir, zirs

Derived terms

• zirselves

Related terms

• xyrself

Anagrams

• frizels