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Spivak pronoun

Spivak pronoun noun: any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community.

Noun

Spivak pronoun (plural Spivak pronouns)

  1. Any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community.

Forms of Spivak pronoun

pluralSpivak pronouns

Origin of Spivak pronoun

Named after American mathematician Michael Spivak who used the pronouns E, Em, and Eir in the 1982 book "The Joy of TeX". Spivak did not coin the pronoun set he used in the book.

Questions about Spivak pronoun

What does Spivak pronoun mean?
Spivak pronoun means any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community.
What part of speech is Spivak pronoun?
Spivak pronoun is a noun.
What is the plural of Spivak pronoun?
The plural of Spivak pronoun is Spivak pronouns.

Words near Spivak pronoun in the dictionary

  1. spiv
  2. Spiva
  3. Spivack
  4. Spivacks
  5. Spivak
  6. Spivak pronoun
  7. Spivak pronouns
  8. Spivakian
  9. Spivaks
  10. Spivas
  11. spiveries

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