emself
Syllables: em·self
emself pronoun: em, a gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of em, equivalent to themselves/themself (also used for emphasis).
Pronoun
emself (a reflexive, third person gender-neutral singular personal pronoun)
- Em, a gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of em, equivalent to themselves/themself (also used for emphasis).
- Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame.1975 August 23, Judie Black, “Ey has a word for it”, in Chicago Tribune, section 1, page 12
- In this particular instance, a wizard eventually took it upon emself to @toad Mr_Bungle...2003, Elizabeth Hess, Yib's Guide to MOOing: Getting the Most from Virtual Communities on the Internet, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, →OL, page 233
Origin of emself
From em + -self, or by removing "th" from themself (cf. also 'emself, 'emselves).
Words that rhyme with emself
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- yourself
- atself
- Godself
- Guelph
- hirself
- it self
- m'self
- themself
- xyrself
- zirself
- -self
- Belf
- Chelf
- coself
- eirself
- Guelf
- Helf
- hisself
- hitself
- ittself
- know thyself
- meself
- off-the-shelf
- one's self
- oneself
- perself
- Relph
- theeself
- theirself
- theyself
- thonself
- thyself
- xemself
- y'allself
- yerself
- yo'self
- yoself
- youself
Questions about emself
- What does emself mean?
- Emself means em, a gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of em, equivalent to themselves/themself (also used for emphasis).
- What part of speech is emself?
- Emself is a pronoun.
Words near emself in the dictionary
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