“They” becomes “word of words”

"They" becomes "word of words" December 11th 18:08

“They”, which has been used as a singular pronoun for sexual minority in English-speaking countries such as the United States, has been selected as the “word of words” selected by major American publishers. .

Merriam Webster, a major publisher who sells dictionaries in the United States, has announced that it has chosen they for its “word of words”.

They is generally a synonym for the meaning of plurals such as “them” and “them”, but in English-speaking countries such as the United States, singular forms such as “he” and “she” have recently been targeted at sexual minorities. Is beginning to be used in the sense of

The fact that American women lawmakers announced that their child's synonym was they, and that British singer-songwriters wanted to call me thee, became a big topic. It means that the number of times has exceeded 4 times the previous year.

In response to this trend, this publisher also announced in September that it would add meaning to the dictionary they as a singular pronoun for sexual minorities.

According to Merriam Webster, “pronouns are one of the most frequently used words and are often ignored, but over the past year there has been an increase in usage without gender, and the number of searches has increased dramatically. "