zirhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zir_pron%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezir, pron.
First published 2019

zirpronoun

  1. 1993–
    Used as a gender-neutral third person singular objective pronoun, corresponding to the subjective pronoun ze (see ze pron.). Cf. zir adj.
    Used as an alternative to him or her in contexts where the gender of a person referred to is undetermined, and also by or for individuals who do not identify themselves as either male or female, but rather as another or no gender, or as a combination of genders.
    1. 1993
      If zie isn't with me by strong and selfish desire, I don't want zir in my bed.
      Re: Virginity & Other Things in soc.bi 29 December (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 16 Aug. 2018)
    2. 2009
      ‘It really just depends on the day, how I dress,’ said Vasold, who prefers gender neutral pronouns—‘ze’ instead of he or she and ‘zir’ instead of him or her.
      Daily Press (Newport, Virginia) 25 October a1
    3. 2018
      My kid forgot a water bottle for camp today so I had to go buy one. When I handed it to zir, I said, ‘You owe me $1.25.’
      @TopHat8855 25 July in twitter.com (accessed 16 Aug. 2018)

zir, pron. was first published in March 2019.

zir, pron. was last modified in December 2023.