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they/them'd

they/them'd is the simple past and past participle of they/them.

Meaning of they/them

Verb

they/them (third-person singular simple present they/thems, present participle they/themming, simple past and past participle they/themmed or they/them'd)

  1. (transitive) To refer to (someone) using gender-neutral pronouns.
    • As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against...2023 October 13, Brian Logan, “‘We’re all learning’: why Netflix needs Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda”, in The Guardian

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Questions about they/them'd

What is they/them'd the simple past and past participle of?
They/them'd is the simple past and past participle of they/them.

Words near they/them'd in the dictionary

  1. they's
  2. they'uns
  3. they've
  4. they-uns
  5. they/them
  6. they/them'd
  7. they/themmed
  8. they/themming
  9. they/thems
  10. theybies
  11. theyby

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