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they/themming

they/themming is the present participle and gerund 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/themming

What is they/themming the present participle and gerund of?
They/themming is the present participle and gerund of they/them.

Words near they/themming in the dictionary

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

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