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[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mx_(title)

Gender-neutral title. Most commonly I think it's like "Mix".

[–] DaCookeyMonsta@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like to believe gender neutral words come from people mumbling a combination of the gendered ones and hoping that the listener assumes its whichever one relates to them.

Just people with anxiety creating new grammar one nervous encounter at a time.

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] smay@lemmy.smay.dev 18 points 1 year ago

One of my teachers in high school used it, and that’s how they said it

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Interesting, thanks! :3