Identities

Non-Binary Pronoun ‘They’ Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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The gender-neutral pronoun is just one of the 533 words added to the dictionary this month.

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The non-binary pronoun “they” was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary on Tuesday. The new dictionary entry, listed as the fourth definition of the word “they,” says the word is “used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is non-binary.”

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