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theydies and gentlethems

theydies and gentlethems noun: used to address an audience gender-neutrally.

Noun

theydies and gentlethems pl (plural only)

  1. (neologism, plural, plural-only) Used to address an audience gender-neutrally.
    • I am fully convinced, theydies and gentlethems, that Lana Del Rey is the Antichrist.2019 February 15, Cameron Tipton, “Summertime Sataness: Lana Del Rey as the Antichrist”, in The Student Life, volume CXXI, number 12, Claremont, Calif., page 9, column 1
    • Iconic quote: “Theydies and gentlethems, I give you my new designer nipples.”2020, Diva

Examples of theydies and gentlethems in a sentence

  • “Theydies and Gentlethems, there’s just one more thing before we go,” she announced over the mic.2020 May 13, Hypatia Sorunke, Brownscale, TC660H, Plan II Honors Program, The University of Texas at Austin, page 23:
  • Well theydies and gentlethems, it's that time again.2020 June 17, Mikelle Street, “Meet the Men of 'Canada's Drag Race's Hunky Pit Crew”, in Out, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2020:
  • Step right up, theydies and gentlethems, to the animation and comics battle of the century.2020 July 20, S.W. Sondheimer, “Aang vs. Korra: Avatar Battle”, in Book Riot, Riot New Media Group, Inc., archived from the original on 28...
  • Theydies and Gentlethems, please welcome to the stage, Trylon Error!2020 winter, Val Qaeda, “Dragony Aunt”, in Gaylife:

Forms of theydies and gentlethems

alternative formtheydies and gentlethem

Origin of theydies and gentlethems

Blend of they/them (“nonbinary person”) + ladies and gentlemen (“used to address an audience”).

Questions about theydies and gentlethems

What does theydies and gentlethems mean?
Theydies and gentlethems means used to address an audience gender-neutrally.
How do you use theydies and gentlethems in a sentence?
“Theydies and Gentlethems, there’s just one more thing before we go,” she announced over the mic.
What part of speech is theydies and gentlethems?
Theydies and gentlethems is a noun.

Words near theydies and gentlethems in the dictionary

  1. theybies
  2. theyby
  3. theyd
  4. theydies
  5. theydies and gentlethem
  6. theydies and gentlethems
  7. Theydon Bois
  8. theydy
  9. theyed
  10. theyfab
  11. theyfabs

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