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4.2.5. Comprehensive Listing of Neologisms

Note: the following have not been incorporated into the below list yet:

• se, serm, sers, serms, sermsself / serself — Glenn Grant
• che, chim, chis, chimself — Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage under epicene pronouns
• cshe, cher, chers, cherself — my response to the "che" list
• szie, zhir, szhir, zhirs, zhirself — my not very serious suggestion for reconciling the "sie/hir" set with the "zie/zir" set, having the advantage of a softer 'z'
• sne from "she" — apparently by wiselace@[omitted], saying "the 'h' has had a bit cut off; he has been cut down to size at last"
• whe, whes, wheself — by "SZ", saying "since both he and she have 'he' in them, why don't we use...Whe! We, he, and she combined! Look into whes eyes when you talk to whes. Whe may not look back.... Whes is pronounced like 'what' and 'fez' combined. Whe is pronounced 'whee', like the interjection."
• S:se, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes, R:hemself — Roy McCoy, 2001, saying "Your saying that all of the systems with hem and hes are "Bad" impresses me as dubious, considering that both of these forms appear five times in your list, which is more than any other. Perhaps if you add mine you can grudgingly put something like "Good from the viewpoint of being obvious morphological hybrids" or whatever."
• subjective: Te, objective: Tes, possessive: Het, reflexive: Hetself or Teself — Kari Kirsch, 2001, saying "These have the advantages of:
  - not sounding mistakenly like the gendered pronouns. (unlike sie & zir)
  - keeping similar vowel sounds to the gendered pronouns. Particularly useful where language aesthetics are important such as in songs and poetry. (unlike ey, em, eir)
  -not introducing uncommon sounds or odd looking words (unlike zie, ey)
  -Have common sounds/letters as they, they their and it.
  -Have no other meanings in the English language (that I know of)."
• te = he, she = singular of the, ter = his, her = singular of their, tem = him, her = singular of them— Richard Maurer, 2000, saying "Remembering and pronouncing is easy, te rhymes with he/she; ter, tem — just think of the their, them counterpart. Another advantage is that if you slip and use "their" instead of "ter", listeners would still be able to catch the meaning. Usage example: The Dancer is the Chameleon. Te changes ter color as te dances first waltz then bolero, foxtrot then swing, always blending in with the surrounding music.
• S:ze, O:hir, PA:hir, PP:hirs, R:hirself — allegedly used in My Gender Workbook : How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein.
  
• S:xe, O:hir, PA:hir, PP:hirs, R:hirself — used on alt.support.intergendered and alt.support.crossdressing
• S:zhe, O:hir, PA:hir, PP:hirs, R:hirself — allegedly seen used on IRC and claimed to be used in real life
• "I've also been playing around with dual gendered characters in novels for a long time, so long they've
  become natural to me. So here mine are: he she kai, him her kaim, his hers kais, himself herself kaiself, Mr Ms Kaiet, male female kaiah, Gentlemen Ladies Kaieti. (Kai pronounced k eye, kaiah pronounced k eye
  ah'.) Kai is the opposite of 'it'." — Janet Ganus, 1998.
• "Subject - soloc (SOH-lohk) -This comes from "solo", meaning single. Object - sebita (SEH-bee-tah) - This comes from the word "celibate", which means unmarried or abstinant - the ultimate singular. Possessive Adjective - seniri (sen-NEE-ree) - This comes from the word "center". A person's possessions are usually the center of that person's attention. Possessive Pronoun - siculis (sih-KOO-lihs) - This is a modified version of the word "secure" - people like for their possessions to be secure. Reflexive - sulago (soo-LAH-goh) - This is a combination of "soul" and "ghost", which are only degrees away from one's "self". " — By Austin Homer, 1998
• ....

ae

(1978) — S:ae, O:ae*, PA:aes*, PP:aes*, R:aeself*.

Bad: pronunciation.

ar

(1974) — S:en, O:ar, PA:es, PP:es*, R:esself*.

Bad: forgettable, artificial flavor from being like the spelling of a letter, repeats.

co

(1970) — S:co, O:co, PA:cos, PP:cos*, R:cosself*.

Bad: repeats, pronunciation.

Precedent: from Indo-European *ko.

cos

(1970) — See "co" above.

dudi

(1993) — see "dudu" below.

dudu

(1993) dudu / dudi.

Note: facetious (pronounce it). See the Detractors subsection of Related Realms below for more info.

E

(c.1977) — S:E, O:Em, PA:E's, PP:E's*, R:E'sself*.

Bad: vile capitalization, punctuation, single letter "E", forgettable.

E

(1982) — S:E, O:Ir*, PA:Ir, PP:Irs*, R:Irself*.

Bad: vile capitalization, single letter "E", repeats, pronunciation, forgettable.

e

(1890) — S:e, O:em, PA:es, PP:es*, R:esself*.

Bad: one-letter "e", mildly unbalanced (similar to he, him, his).

e

(1977) — S:e, O:rim, PA:ris, PP:ris*, R:risself*.

Bad: single letter "e", forgettable, unbalanced declension.

e

(????) — S:e, O:em, PA:eir, PP:eirs*, R:eirself*.

Good & Bad: Same as "ey, em, eir, eirs, eirself", except for that one "y" that gets chopped in the subject form, making a single-letter word "e". This confuses the spelling/mnemonic system.

Precedent: used in Michael Spivak's The Joy of TeX, in the online book Doom Patrol, by Steven Shaviro, and in MOOs around the net. See the reference section for more information.

E's

(c.1977) — S:E, O:Em, PA:E's, PP:E's*, R:E'sself*.

Bad: vile capitalization, punctuation, single letter "E", forgettable.

eir

(????) — S:e, O:em, PA:eir, PP:eirs*, R:eirself*.

Good & Bad: Same as "ey, em, eir, eirs, eirself", except for that one "y" that gets chopped in the subject form, making a single-letter word "e". This confuses the spelling/mnemonic system.

Precedent: used in Michael Spivak's The Joy of TeX, in the online book Doom Patrol, by Steven Shaviro, and in MOOs around the net. See the reference section for more information.

eir

(1975) — S:ey, O:em, PA:eir, PP:eirs, R:eirself. —

Good: Complete set of distinct forms, acting as the singular form of the already-existing pronoun set of "they, them, their, theirs, theirself."

Precedent: used by Eric Klien in The Laws of Oceania, different from the Spivak pronouns only in the case of the "y" on "ey", used on the net (by me), used by me in a story that will hopefully be done before the turn of the century.

eirs

(1975) — see "eir" above.

eirself

(????) — see "eir" above.

Em

(c.1977) — S:E, O:Em, PA:E's, PP:E's*, R:E'sself*.

Bad: vile capitalization, punctuation, single letter "E", forgettable. Good: complete.

em

(1890) — S:e, O:em, PA:es, PP:es*, R:esself*.

Bad: one-letter "e", mildly unbalanced (similar to he, him, his).

em

(1975) — S:ey, O:em, PA:eir, PP:eirs*, R:eirself*. —

Bad: not much., Good: Lots. See discussion in a different section.

em

(????) — S:e, O:em, PA:eir, PP:eirs*, R:eirself*.

Good & Bad: Same as "ey, em, eir, eirs, eirself", except for that one "y" that gets chopped in the subject form, making a single-letter word "e". This confuses the spelling/mnemonic system.

Precedent: used in Michael Spivak's The Joy of TeX, in the online book Doom Patrol, by Steven Shaviro, and in MOOs around the net. See the reference section for more information.

em

(1977) — S:em, O:em*, PA:ems, PP:ems*, R:emsself*.

Bad: repeats.

Precedent: the person who coined them, Jeffrey J. Smith, felt strongly enough about them to start the Em Institute and put out the Em Institute Newsletter under the pseudonym "TIN-TAJL jefry". Free cookies for whoever finds me a copy.

Note: "Em" could also be used as an honorific in place of "Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms."; meaning "human", it can also act as a replacement for the generic "Man".

ems

(1977) — see "em" above.

en

(1868) — S:en, O:en*, PA:en*, PP:ens*, R:enself*. —

Bad: repeats.

en

(1974) — S:en, O:ar, PA:es, PP:es*, R:esself*.

Bad: forgettable, artificial flavor from being like the spelling of a letter.

es

(1974) — see "en" above.

es

(1890) — S:e, O:em, PA:es, PP:es*, R:esself*.

Bad: one-letter "e", mildly unbalanced (similar to he, him, his).

et

(1979) — S:et, O:et*, PA:ets, PP:ets*, R:etself.

Bad: why not just use "it"?; confusable, repeats.

ets

(1979) — see "et" above.

ey

(1975) — S:ey, O:em, PA:eir, PP:eirs*, R:eirself*. —

Good: Complete set of distinct forms, acting as the singular form of the already-existing pronoun set of "they, them, their, theirs, theirself."

Precedent: used by Eric Klien in The Laws of Oceania, different from the Spivak pronouns only in the case of the "y" on "ey", used on the net (by me), used by me in a story that will hopefully be done before the turn of the century.

fm

(1972) — S:fm, O:fm*, PA:fms*, PP:fms*, R:fmslf*.

Bad: rather Spartan in the vowel department, pronunciation, incomplete, forgettable; i altered reflexive to keep the spirit.

h'orsh'it

(1975) — S:h'orsh'it.

Note: facetious (pronounce it). From "He OR SHe or IT".

ha

(1927) — S:ha, O:hem, PA:hez, PP:hez*, R:hezself*.

Bad: confusable, forgettable, pronunciation, repeats.

hann

(1984) — S:hann, O:hann*, PA:hanns*, PP:hanns*, R:hannself*. —

Bad: repeats.

Precedent: from Old Norse (a source of some English pronouns) and analogous to the Finnish "han".

he'er

(1912) — S:he'er, O:him'er, PA:his'er, PP:his'er's, PP:his'er'self*.

Bad: punctuation, unbalanced.

heesh

(1934) — S:heesh, O:himer, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, R:hiserself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein.

heesh

(1978) — S:heesh, O:herm, PA:hiser, PP:hisers, R:hermself.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein. Good: all forms provided.

heesh

(c.1940) — S:heesh, O:heesh*, PA:heeshs*, PP:heeshs*, R:heeshself*.

Bad: frankenstein, repeats.

heir

(1979) — S:hey, O:heir*, PA:heir, PP:heirs, R:heirself*.

Bad: unbalanced ordering, repeats, frankenstein (He, thEIR).

heirs

(1979) — see "heir" above.

hem

(1884) — S:hi, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hesself*.

Bad: forgettable, confusable, unbalanced, repeats.

hem

(1927) — S:ha, O:hem, PA:hez, PP:hez*, R:hezself*.

Bad: confusable, forgettable, pronunciation, repeats.

hem

(1935) — S:hes, O:hem, PA:hir, PP:hirs*, R:hirself*.

Bad: pronunciation, confusable, unbalanced.

hem

(1974) — S:shem, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hesself*.

Bad: partial unbalanced ordering, forgettable, repeats, confusable.

hem

(1981) — S:heshe, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hemself*.

Bad: forgettable, frankenstein, unbalanced order.

her'n

(1935) — S:her'n*, O:her'n, PA:her'ns*, PP:her'ns*, R:her'nself*.

Bad: unbalanced ordering, repeats, punctuation.

herim

(1970) — S:she, O:herim, PA:heris, PP:heris*, PP:herisself*.

Bad: confusable, unbalanced declension/ordering, forgettable, pronunciation.

Note: "she" here contains "he".

herim

(1975) — herim, hir.

Facetious (probably rhyming "herim" with "harem").

heris

(1970) — S:she, O:herim, PA:heris, PP:heris*, PP:herisself*.

Bad: confusable, unbalanced declension/ordering, forgettable, pronunciation.

Note: "she" here contains "he".

herm

(1973) — S:shem, O:herm, PA:herm*, PP:herms*, R:hermself*.

Bad: forgettable, partial unbalanced ordering, frankenstein (HER or hiM).

herm

(1976) — S:she, O:herm, PA:herm*, PP:herms*, R:hermself*.

Bad: forgettable, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein (HER or hiM).

herm

(1985) — S:herm, O:herm*, PA:herms*, PP:herms*, R:hermself*.

Bad: frankenstein, repeats, ugly.

herm

(1978) — S:heesh, O:herm, PA:hiser, PP:hisers, R:hermself.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein. Good: all forms provided.

hermself

(1978) — see "herm" above.

hermself

(1975) — S:hesh, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, O:himer, R:hermself.

Bad: frankenstein, pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced ordering; "hermself" has nothing at all to do with the others.

herorhis

(1974) — S:sheorhe*, O:herorhim*, PA:herorhis, PP:hersorhis*, PP:herorhimself*.

Bad: horrible. I've coined the cohorts in the same spirit.

hes

(1884) — S:hi, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hesself*.

Bad: forgettable, confusable, unbalanced, repeats.

hes

(1935) — S:hes, O:hem, PA:hir, PP:hirs*, R:hirself*.

Bad: pronunciation, confusable, unbalanced.

hes

(1974) — S:shem, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hesself*.

Bad: partial unbalanced ordering, forgettable, repeats, confusable.

hes

(1981) — S:heshe, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hemself*.

Bad: forgettable, frankenstein, unbalanced order.

hes

(1984) — S:hes, O:hes*, PA:hes*, PP:hes*, PP:hesself*.

Bad: frankenstein, repeats, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering.

hesh

(1927) — S:hesh, O:himmer, PA:hizzer, PP:hizzers*, R:hizzerself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein.

hesh

(1975) — S:hesh, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, O:himer, R:hermself.

Bad: frankenstein, pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced ordering; "hermself" has nothing at all to do with the others.

hesh

(1978) — S:hesh, O:hirm, PA:hizer, PP:hizers*, PP:hizerself*.

Bad: frankenstein, forgettable, unbalanced ordering, "hirm" rhymes with worm.

heshe

(1977) — S:heshe, O:himmer, PA:hisher, PP:hishers*, O:hisherself*.

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, forgettable (object form should be himher).

heshe

(1981) — S:heshe, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hemself*.

Bad: forgettable, frankenstein, unbalanced order.

hey

(1979) — S:hey, O:heir*, PA:heir, PP:heirs, R:heirself*.

Bad: unbalanced ordering, repeats, frankenstein (He, thEIR).

hez

(1927) — S:ha, O:hem, PA:hez, PP:hez*, R:hezself*.

Bad: confusable, forgettable, pronunciation, repeats.

hi

(1884) — S:hi, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hesself*.

Bad: forgettable, confusable, unbalanced, repeats.

him'er

(1912) — S:he'er, O:him'er, PA:his'er, PP:his'er's, R:his'er'self*.

Bad: punctuation, unbalanced.

him/er

(1973) — S:s/he, O:him/er, PA:his/er*, PP:his/ers*, PP:him/erself*.

Bad: vile punctuation, unbalanced ordering. Note: remaining* coined in same spirit, but they should probably alternate on which gender goes first.

him/herself

(1972) — S:he/she*, O:him/her*, PA:his/her*, PP:his/hers*, R:him/herself.

Bad: vile punctuation, unbalanced ordering. Note: remaining* coined in same spirit.

himer

(1884) — S:himer*, O:himer, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, R:hiserself*. —

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, repeats.

himer

(1934) — S:heesh, O:himer, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, R:hiserself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein.

himer

(1975) — S:hesh, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, O:himer, R:hermself.

Bad: frankenstein, pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced ordering; "hermself" has nothing at all to do with the others.

himmer

(1927) — S:hesh, O:himmer, PA:hizzer, PP:hizzers*, R:hizzerself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein.

himmer

(1977) — S:heshe, O:himmer, PA:hisher, PP:hishers*, O:hisherself*.

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, forgettable (object form should be himher).

himorher

(1935) — S:heorshe*, O:himorher, PA:hisorher*, PP:hisorhers*, R:hisorherself*. —

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering. Note: remaining* coined in same spirit.

Hir

(1977 or earlier) — S:SHe, O:Hir, PA:Hir, PP:Hirs*, R:Hirself*. —

Bad: vile capitalization, unbalanced.

Precedent: used by Timothy Leary. See reference section below form more information.

hir

(1935) — S:hes, O:hem, PA:hir, PP:hirs*, R:hirself*.

Bad: pronunciation, confusable, unbalanced.

hir

(1975) — herim, hir.

Facetious (probably rhyming "herim" with "harem").

hir

(1978) — O:hir, S:hir*, PA:hir*, PP:hirs*, PA:hirself*. —

Bad: unbalanced, pronunciation.

hir

(1979) — S:hir, O:hirem, PA:hires, PP:hires*, R:hirself.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable.

hir

(~) — S:sie, O:hir, PA:hir, PP:hirs, R:hirself. —

Bad: pronunciation ("sigh", "see"; "her", "hear"), repeats, unbalanced (both can be assonant with "she" and "her"), partial frankenstein hir = Her/Him hIm heR).

Good: complete set; despite being a frankenstein, hir looks and feels comfortable to me, though the assonance makes me associate it with the female gender.

Precedent: in wide use on the net; sie is German for "she", "they", and other things.

hirem

(1979) — S:hir, O:hirem, PA:hires, PP:hires*, R:hirself.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable.

hires

(1979) — see "hirem" above.

hirm

(1978) — S:hesh, O:hirm, PA:hizer, PP:hizers*, PP:hizerself*.

Bad: frankenstein, forgettable, unbalanced ordering, "hirm" rhymes with worm.

hirs

(~) — S:sie, O:hir, PA:hir, PP:hirs, R:hirself. —

Bad: pronunciation ("sigh", "see"; "her", "hear"), repeats, unbalanced (both can be assonant with "she" and "her"), partial frankenstein hir = Her/Him hIm heR).

Good: complete set; despite being a frankenstein, hir looks and feels comfortable to me, though the assonance makes me associate it with the female gender.

Precedent: in wide use on the net; sie is German for "she", "they", and other things.

hirself

(~) — see "hirs" above.

hirself

(1979) — S:hir, O:hirem, PA:hires, PP:hires*, R:hirself.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable.

his'er

(1912) — S:he'er, O:him'er, PA:his'er, PP:his'er's, PP:his'er'self*.

Bad: punctuation, unbalanced.

his'er's

(1912) — see "his'er" above.

his'n

(1935) — S:his'n*, O:his'n, PA:his'ns*, PP:his'ns*, R:his'nself*. —

Bad: unbalanced ordering, repeats, punctuation.

his-or-her

(1973) — S:he-or-she*, O:him-or-her*, PA:his-or-her, PP:his-or-hers*, R:him-or-herself*. —

Bad: semi-vile punctuation, too big.

hiser

(1884) — S:himer*, O:himer, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, R:hiserself*. —

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, repeats.

hiser

(1934) — S:heesh, O:himer, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, R:hiserself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein.

hiser

(1975) — S:hesh, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, O:himer, R:hermself.

Bad: frankenstein, pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced ordering; "hermself" has nothing at all to do with the others.

hiser

(c.1850, 1984) — S:hiser*, O:hiser*, PA:hiser, PP:hisers*, O:hiserself.

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, repeats.

hiser

(1978) — S:heesh, O:herm, PA:hiser, PP:hisers, R:hermself.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein. Good: all forms provided.

hisers

(1978) — see "hiser" above.

hisher

(1977) — S:heshe, O:himmer, PA:hisher, PP:hishers*, R:hisherself*.

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, forgettable (object form should be himher).

hisorher

(1974) — S:heorshe*, O:himorher*, PA:hisorher, PP:hisorhers*, PP:hisorherself*.

Bad: horrible. I've coined the cohorts in the same spirit.

hizer

(1891) — S:hizer, O:hizer*, PA:hizers*, PP:hizers*, R:hizerself*. —

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable, repeats.

hizer

(1978) — S:hesh, O:hirm, PA:hizer, PP:hizers*, PP:hizerself*.

Bad: frankenstein, forgettable, unbalanced ordering, "hirm" rhymes with worm.

hizzer

(1927) — S:hesh, O:himmer, PA:hizzer, PP:hizzers*, R:hizzerself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein.

ho

(1976) — S:ho, O:hom, PA:hos, PP:hos*, R:homself.

Bad: unbalanced ordering/declension, pronunciation. Prone to, puerile humor. (Why is it good to be a rake but bad to be a, ho?) Note: from Latin "homo" = "man", and prefix "homo-" meaning alike or the same.

hom

(1976) — see "ho" above.

hos

(1976) see "ho" above.

hs

(1976) — S:hs.

Facetious (pronounced "zzz").

hse

(1945) — S:hse, O:hse*, PA:hses*, PP:hses*, R:hseself*.

Bad: repeats, pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced ordering.

hymer

(1884) — S:hymer*, O:hymer, PA:hyser, PP:hysers*, R:hyserself*.

Bad: frankenstein, unbalanced ordering, pronunciation repeats.

hyser

(1884) — see "hymer" above.

im

(1888) — S:ir, O:im, PA:iro, PP:iros*, R:iroself;* — Plurals: S:thir, O:thim, PA:thiro, PP:thiros*, R:thiroselves;* —

Bad: forgettable, redefines the already gender-neutral plurals. Good: euphonic.

ip

(1884) — S:ip, O:ip, PA:ips, PP:ips*, R:ipsself*.

Bad: repeats; why not just use "it"?

ips

(1884) — see "ip" above.

Ir

(1982) — S:E, O:Ir*, PA:Ir, PP:Irs*, R:Irself*.

Bad: vile capitalization, single letter "E", repeats, pronunciation, forgettable.

ir

(1888) — S:ir, O:im, PA:iro, PP:iros*, R:iroself* — Plurals: S:thir, O:thim, PA:thiro, PP:thiros*, R:thiroselves*

Bad: forgettable, redefines the already gender-neutral plurals. Good: euphonic.

iro

(1888) — see "ir" above.

j/e

(1973) — j/e, m/a, m/e, m/es, m/oi, jee, jeue

Note: i don't know which form is which, and i don't care.

jee

(1975) — see "j/e" above.

jeue

(1975) — see "j/e" above.

jhe

(c.1977) — S:po, O:xe, PA:jhe, PP:jhes*, R:jheself*.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable.

le

(1884) — S:le, O:lem, PA:les, PP:les*, PP:lesself*.

Bad: forgettable, repeats.

Precedent: borrowed from French.

lem

(1884) — see "le" above.

les

(1884) — see "le" above.

m/a

(1973) — j/e, m/a, m/e, m/es, m/oi, jee, jeue

Note: i don't know which form is which, and i don't care.

m/e

(1975) — see "m/a" above.

m/es

(1975) — see "m/a" above.

m/oi

(1975) — see "m/a" above.

na

(1973) — S:na, O:na, PA:nan, PP:nans*, R:naself.

Bad: repeats, forgettable, reflexive not formed from possessive.

Precedent: used in book The Cook and the Carpenter, by, June Arnold. See in the reference section below for more information. Note: i haven't read the book yet so i don't know if my addition* is correct.

nan

(1973) — see "na" above.

naself

(1973) — see "na" above.

ne

(1974) — S:ne, O:ner, PA:nis, PP:nis*, R:nisself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation. As Glenn Grant notes, if "ne" rhymes with "he" it may tend to produce snickers from Monty Python fans.

ne

(c.1850) — S:ne, O:nim, PA:nis, PP:nis*, R:nisself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, repeats. As Glenn Grant notes, if "ne" rhymes with "he" it may tend to produce snickers from Monty Python fans.

ner

(1974) — S:ne, O:ner, PA:nis, PP:nis*, R:nisself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation.

nim

(c.1850) — S:ne, O:nim, PA:nis, PP:nis*, R:nisself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, repeats.

nis

(c.1850) — see "nim" above.

nis

(1974) — S:ne, O:ner, PA:nis, PP:nis*, R:nisself*.

Bad: forgettable, pronunciation.

on

(1927?) — S:on, O:on*, PA:ons*, PP:ons*, R:onsself*.

Bad: repeats, confusable.

ons

(1889) — S:ons, O:ons*, PA:ons*, PP:ons*, R:onsself*.

Bad: forgettable, repeats, pronunciation.Note: based on "one".

per

(1972) — S:per, O:per, PA:pers, PP:pers*, O:persself*.

Bad: pronunciation, repeats. Good: simplification ([per]son).

Precedent: used in the book Woman on the Edge of Time, by Marge Piercy. See the reference section below for more information. I don't know if per came up with it independently or if per got it from John Clark in The Newsletter of the American Anthropological Association, four years before pers book came out. Note: Piercy also uses "person"; i haven't decided yet if it gets its own entry. I must double-check to see if the form "pers" is used by per.

pers

(1972) — see "per" above.

po

(c.1977) — S:po, O:xe, PA:jhe, PP:jhes*, R:jheself*.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable.

rim

(1977) — S:e, O:rim, PA:ris, PP:ris*, R:risself*.

Bad: single letter "e", forgettable, unbalanced declension.

ris

(1977) — See "rim" above.

s/he

(1973) — S:s/he, O:him/er, PA:his/er*, PP:his/ers*, PP:him/erself*.

Bad: vile punctuation, unbalanced ordering. Note: remaining* coined in same spirit.

s/he

(1973) — S:s/he, O:him/er, PA:his/er*, PP:his/ers*, PP:him/erself*.

Bad: vile punctuation, unbalanced ordering. Note: remaining* coined in same spirit, but they should probably alternate on which gender goes first.

(s)he

(1976) — S:(s)he.

Bad: incomplete, vile punctuation.

Precedent: has seen some use. Note: pronounced "he or she". I couldn't think of any easy way to extend this to the other forms.

sap

(1978) — S:sap.

Facetious (but clever). Note: from Homo SAPiens.

se

(1938) — S:se, O:sim, PA:sis, PP:sis*, R:sisself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, pronunciation.

se

(1973) — S:se, O:sim, PA:ser, PP:sers*, R:simself.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced declension, "simself" prone to jokes.

se

(1975) — S:se, O:se*, PA:ses*, PP:ses*, R:sesself*.

Bad: pronunciation, repeats.

se

(1990) — S:se, O:sem, PA:ses, PP:ses*, PP:sesself*.

Bad: pronunciation, repeats. Precedent: used by Glenn Grant in the story "Memetic Drift"; see the reference section below for more info.

sem

(1990) — see "se" above

ser

(1973) — S:se, O:sim, PA:ser, PP:sers*, R:simself.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced declension, "simself" prone to jokes.

sem

(1990) — see "se" three places earlier

SHe

(1977 or earlier) — S:SHe, O:Hir, PA:Hir, PP:Hirs*, R:Hirself*.

Bad: vile capitalization, unbalanced. Precedent: used by Timothy Leary. See reference section below form more information.

she

(1934) — S:she, O:shim, PA:shis, PP:shis*, O:shisself*.

Bad: unbalanced ordering/declension, repeats, confusable.

she

(1970) — S:she, O:herim, PA:heris, PP:heris*, PP:herisself*.

Bad: confusable, unbalanced declension/ordering, forgettable, pronunciation.

Note: "she" here contains "he".

she

(1974) — S:she, O:she*, PA:shes*, PP:shes*, PP:shesself*.

Bad: frankenstein (SHE HE, not too bad though), confusable, incomplete, unbalanced ordering. Note: includes "he".

she

(1976) — S:she, O:herm, PA:herm*, PP:herms*, R:hermself*.

Bad: forgettable, unbalanced ordering, frankenstein (HER or hiM).

sheehy

(1978) — S:sheehy, O:sheehy*, PA:sheehys*, PP:sheehys*, O:sheehyself*.

Bad: repeats, pronunciation, mottled frankenstein.

sheir

(1979) — S:shey, O:shem*, PA:sheir, PP:sheirs, R:sheirself.

Bad: unbalanced, frankenstein (SHe, thEIR).

sheir

(1982) — S:shey, O:shem, PA:sheir, PP:sheirs*, R:sheirself*.

Bad: frankenstein (SHe thEM), unbalanced order.

sheirs

(1979) — S:shey, O:shem*, PA:sheir, PP:sheirs, R:sheirself.

Bad: unbalanced, frankenstein (SHe, thEIR).

shem

(1973) — S:shem, O:herm, PA:herm*, PP:herms*, R:hermself*.

Bad: forgettable, partial unbalanced ordering, frankenstein (HER or hiM).

shem

(1974) — S:shem, O:hem, PA:hes, PP:hes*, R:hesself*.

Bad: partial unbalanced ordering, forgettable, repeats, confusable.

shem

(1977) — S:sheme, O:shem, PA:shis, PP:shis*, R:shisself*.

Bad: unbalanced, frankenstein, forgettable.

shem

(1982) — S:shey, O:shem, PA:sheir, PP:sheirs*, R:sheirself*.

Bad: frankenstein (SHe thEM), unbalanced order.

sheme

(1977) — S:sheme, O:shem, PA:shis, PP:shis*, R:shisself*.

Bad: unbalanced, frankenstein, forgettable.

shey

(1979) — S:shey, O:shem*, PA:sheir, PP:sheirs, R:sheirself.

Bad: unbalanced, frankenstein (SHe, thEIR).

shey

(1982) — S:shey, O:shem, PA:sheir, PP:sheirs*, R:sheirself*.

Bad: frankenstein (SHe thEM), unbalanced order.

shim

(1934) — S:she, O:shim, PA:shis, PP:shis*, O:shisself*.

Bad: unbalanced ordering/declension, repeats, confusable.

shim

(1972) — S:shis, O:shim, PA:shims, PP:shims*, R:shimself.

Bad: weird logic, unbalanced ordering/declension, pronunciation.

shims

(1972) — see "shim" above.

shimself

(1972) — see "shim" above.

shis

(1934) — S:she, O:shim, PA:shis, PP:shis*, O:shisself*. —

Bad: unbalanced ordering/declension, repeats, confusable.

shis

(1972) — S:shis, O:shim, PA:shims, PP:shims*, R:shimself.

Bad: weird logic, unbalanced ordering/declension, pronunciation.

shis

(1977) — S:sheme, O:shem, PA:shis, PP:shis*, R:shisself*.

Bad: unbalanced, frankenstein, forgettable.

sie

(~) — S:sie, O:hir, PA:hir, PP:hirs, R:hirself.

Bad: pronunciation ("sigh", "see"; "her", "hear"), repeats, unbalanced (both can be assonant with "she" and "her"), partial frankenstein hir = Her/Him hIm heR).

Good: complete set; despite being a frankenstein, hir looks and feels comfortable to me, though the assonance makes me associate it with the female gender.

Precedent: in wide use on the net; sie is German for "she", "they", and other things.

sim

(1938) — S:se, O:sim, PA:sis, PP:sis*, R:sisself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, pronunciation.

sim

(1973) — S:se, O:sim, PA:ser, PP:sers*, R:simself.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable, unbalanced declension, "simself" prone to jokes.

sis

(1938) — S:se, O:sim, PA:sis, PP:sis*, R:sisself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, pronunciation.

smrtz

(1993 ?) — S:smrtz, PA:smrtz, PP:smrtz, O:smrtz, R:smrtz.

Facetious, batteries not included, one size fits all. Other forms: repairsmrtz, etc. Note: see Detractors subsection under Related Realms for more info.

ta

(1971) — S:ta, O:ta*, PA:tas*, PP:tas*, PP:tasself*.

Bad: repeats. Good: precedent (borrows from Mandarin Chinese). Note: plural is "ta-men".

ta-men

(1971) — see "ta" above.

talis

(1884) — unis, talis,

Bad: forgettable, incomplete, pronunciation. Note: didn't guess as to which form was which.

tem

(1972) — S:tey, O:tem, PA:term, PP:terms*, PP:termself*.

Bad: forgettable, confusable.

term

(1972) — see "tem" above.

tey

(1972) — see "tem" above.

thim

(1888) — S:ir, O:im, PA:iro, PP:iros*, R:iroself;* — Plurals:, S:thir, O:thim, PA:thiro, PP:thiros*, R:thiroselves;*

Bad: forgettable, redefines the already gender-neutral plurals. Good: euphonic.

thir

(1888) — see "thim" above.

thir

(c.1930) — S:thir, O:thir*, PA:thirs*, PP:thirs*, R:thirsself*.

Bad: repeats.

thiro

(1888) — see "thim" above.

thon

(1884) — S:thon, O:thon, PA:thons, PP:thons*, PP:thonself*.

Bad: frankenstein (THat ONe), repeats, forgettable, pronunciation.

thons

(1884) — see "thon" above.

uh

(1975) — S:uh, O:uh*, PA:uhs*, PP:uhs*, R:uhself*.

Bad: confusable, stupid sounding.

unis

(1884) — unis, talis,

Bad: forgettable, incomplete, pronunciation. Note: didn't guess as to which form was which.

ve

(1970) — S:ve, O:vir, PA:vis, PP:vis*, R:visself*.

Bad: partial unbalanced declension (h[e], h[is]), pronunciation, forgettable.

ve

(1974) — S:ve, O:vim, PA:vis, PP:vis*, R:visself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, pronunciation, forgettable, confusable.

vim

(1974) — see "ve" above.

vir

(1970) — S:ve, O:vir, PA:vis, PP:vis*, R:visself*.

Bad: partial unbalanced declension (h[e], h[is]), pronunciation, forgettable.

vis

(1970) — see "vir" above.

vis

(1974) — S:ve, O:vim, PA:vis, PP:vis*, R:visself*.

Bad: unbalanced declension, pronunciation, forgettable, confusable.

xe

(c.1977) — S:po, O:xe, PA:jhe, PP:jhes*, R:jheself*.

Bad: pronunciation, forgettable.

z

(1972) — S:z, O:z*, PA:z*, PP:z*, PP:zself*.

Bad: zee word is icky, repeats, mourning for its lost vowel. I like "smrtz" better.

ze

(1972) — S:ze, O:zim, PA:zee*, PP:zees, R:zeeself.

Bad: pronunciation, partial unbalanced declensions, (h[e], h[im]), forgettable.

Precedent: from the German "sie".

zees

(1972) — see "ze" above.

zeeself

(1972) — see "ze" above.

zie

(~) — S:zie, O:zir, PA:zir, PP:zirs, PP:zirself.

Bad: pronunciation, repeats. Good: avoids some problems with "sie, hir".

Precedent: in wide use on the net; based on the German "sie".

zir

(~) — see "zie" above.

zirs

(~) — see "zie" above.

zirself

(~) — see "zie" above.

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