Merriam-Webster has declared 'they' its word of the year based on a 313% increase in look-ups on the company's search site.
A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own.
Sokolowski and his team monitor spikes in searches and “they” got an early start in January with the rise of model Oslo Grace on top fashion runways. The Northern Californian identifies as transgender nonbinary, walking in both men’s and women’s shows around the world.Another look-up spike occurred in April, when U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal got emotional while talking about her gender-nonconforming child during a House committee hearing as she advocated for LGBTQ rights legislation.
The American Dialect Society, which is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, named “they” its word of the year for 2015, in recognition of its emergence among people who reject “he” and “she.”In September, Merriam-Webster experienced another big increase in look-ups for “they”when pop star Sam Smith wrote on social media that their preferred pronouns were “they” and “them.” Smith said the decision came after a “lifetime of being at war with my gender.
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