"perpendicular pronoun" meaning in English

See perpendicular pronoun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: perpendicular pronouns [plural]
Etymology: From its shape when written. Head templates: {{en-noun}} perpendicular pronoun (plural perpendicular pronouns)
  1. (humorous, derogatory) The first-person singular pronoun "I". Tags: derogatory, humorous
    Sense id: en-perpendicular_pronoun-en-noun-v9GXHOEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From its shape when written.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perpendicular pronouns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1982, Yes Minister, \"The Skeleton in the Cupboard\"\nSir Humphrey: The identity of the official whose alleged responsibility for this hypothetical oversight has been the subject of recent discussion is not shrouded in quite such impenetrable obscurity as certain previous disclosures may have led you to assume; but not to put too fine a point on it, the individual in question is, it may surprise you to learn, one whom your present interlocutor is in the habit of defining by means of the perpendicular pronoun.\nHacker: I beg your pardon?\nSir Humphrey: It was... I."
        }
      ],
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        "The first-person singular pronoun \"I\"."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "singular",
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "I",
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        ]
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        "(humorous, derogatory) The first-person singular pronoun \"I\"."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "humorous"
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    }
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}
{
  "etymology_text": "From its shape when written.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perpendicular pronouns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "English humorous terms",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
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        {
          "text": "1982, Yes Minister, \"The Skeleton in the Cupboard\"\nSir Humphrey: The identity of the official whose alleged responsibility for this hypothetical oversight has been the subject of recent discussion is not shrouded in quite such impenetrable obscurity as certain previous disclosures may have led you to assume; but not to put too fine a point on it, the individual in question is, it may surprise you to learn, one whom your present interlocutor is in the habit of defining by means of the perpendicular pronoun.\nHacker: I beg your pardon?\nSir Humphrey: It was... I."
        }
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        "The first-person singular pronoun \"I\"."
      ],
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          "humorous"
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
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        [
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        "(humorous, derogatory) The first-person singular pronoun \"I\"."
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