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Definition of 'thon'

English

Pronoun

  • (rare|see usage notes) they (singular).
  • * {{quote-journal
  • | year = 1889 | month = November | title = That Desired Impersonal Pronoun | journal = The Writer | first = C. Crozat | last = Converse | publisher = William H. Hills | city = Boston | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | page = 248 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QQQ-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA248 | passage = Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon " who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result. }}
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  • | year = 1895 | title = Outlines of Psychology | first = Henry Graham | last = Williams | publisher = C. W. Bardee | location = Syracuse | edition = 3rd | ol = 25083084M | ia = outlinesofpsycho01will | id = | page = 5 | pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=_BEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=thon | passage = Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge. }}
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  • | year = 1907 | month = August | title = Th? Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither? | first = C. W. | last = Larisunz | journal = Th? Jurn?l ?v ?rth??pi & ?rth?gr?fi | volume = 24 | issue = 8 | page = 153 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=hTJAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153 | passage = In everi individ??l then, ?r th? el?ments ?ut ?v hwich everi sol haz p?uer tu ?labor?t ?ntu thonself hw?tever c?ndish?n thon' d?z?rz — tu m?c f?r thonself heven ?r hel, hwichever ' thon iz wili? tu str?v f?r. | transliteration = In every individual then, are the elements out of which every soul has power to elaborate unto thonself whatever condition thon' desires — to make for thonself heaven or hell, whichever ' thon is willing to strive for. }}
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  • | year = 1985 | title = On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction | first = William Knowlton | last = Zinsser | authorlink = William Zinsser | publisher = Harper & Row | location = New York | edition = 3rd | page = 121 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=fiZFAAAAYAAJ | isbn = 978-0060154097 | id = | lccn = 84048208 | passage = Maybe I don't speak for the average American, but I very much doubt that thon' wants that word in thons language or that ' thon would use it thonself. }}
  • (rare|see usage notes) them (singular).
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  • | date = 1884-07-23 | title = A New Pronoun | journal = The Critic and Good Literature | first = C. C. | last = Converse | city = New York | issue = 31 | page = 55 | published_date = 1884-08-02 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9H_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA55 | passage = If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon . }}

    Usage notes

    A neologism when Charles Crozat Converse coined it in 1858, thon has seen limited use since then.

    Derived terms

    * (neologism) thons * (neologism) thonself

    Synonyms

    * (as subject) (singular) they * (as object) (singular) them * (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze, per, co

    Hyponyms

    * (as subject) he, she * (as object) him, her

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns