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[–] DaCookeyMonsta@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (3 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 2 years ago (2 children)