"Spivak pronoun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Spivak pronouns [plural]
Etymology: Named after American mathematician Michael Spivak who used the pronouns E, Em, and Eir in the 1982 Book "The Joy of TeX". Spivak did not coin the pronoun set he used in the book. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Spivak pronoun (plural Spivak pronouns)
  1. Any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community. Wikipedia link: Michael Spivak Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-Spivak_pronoun-en-noun-kwQ6BzgG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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