Definition of 'ey'
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ey, from (etyl) . Was displaced by egg in the 16th century, most likely due to its clashing with the word "eye", with which it had come to be a homonym.
Noun
(eyren) (obsolete since the sixteenth century )
(obsolete) an egg
Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
Compare eyot.
Etymology 3
(Spivak pronouns)
Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from (they).
Pronoun
(neologism) they (singular).
* {{quote-news
| date = 1975-08-23
| title = Ey has a word for it
| newspaper = Chicago Tribune
| first = Judie
| last = Black
| section = 1
| page = 12
| passage = Eir sentences would sound smoother since
ey' wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if '''ey''' should trip up in the new usage, ' ey would only have emself to blame.
}}
* {{quote-newsgroup
| date = 1996-12-22
| first = Shirley
| last = Worth
| title = New To Yoga
| newsgroup = alt.yoga
| id =
[email protected]
| url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.yoga/msg/4c5da8eb08c0d91b
| passage = I'm not familiar with this book, but I encourage Marksmill to look for it-- and while
ey is at it, to also look at a number of other books.
}}
* {{quote-newsgroup
| date = 1997-11-25
| first = Scott Robert
| last = Dawson
| title = Who Pays for Cellular Calls
| newsgroup = alt.cellular
| id =
[email protected]
| url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cellular/msg/cffb0aa99cf205e6
| passage = If a mobile user is far from eir home area,
ey will pay a long-distance fee for carriage of the call *from* eir home area, just as a caller would pay long-distance on a call *to* that area.
}}
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Synonyms
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* (singular) they
* (neologism) e, sie, shi, ze
Coordinate terms
* he, she
Anagrams
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