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Herself vs Emself - What's the difference?

herself | emself | Hyponyms |

Herself is a hyponym of emself.


As pronouns the difference between herself and emself

is that herself is (reflexive) her; while emself is (neologism|reflexive) em, themself;.

herself

English

Pronoun

  • (reflexive) Her;
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • (emphatic) She;
  • (slang) A self-important female.
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    emself

    English

    Pronoun

  • (neologism, reflexive) em, themself; .
  • * {{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. }}
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  • , year = 2003 , title = Yib's Guide to MOOing: Getting the Most from Virtual Communities on the Internet , first = Elizabeth , last = Hess , publisher = Trafford Publishing , isbn = 9781412002905 , ol = 11711229M , page = 233 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=2l5yrb2rJ9EC&pg=PA233 , passage = In this particular instance, a wizard eventually took it upon emself to @toad Mr_Bungle... }}
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  • , date = 2004-03-31 , title = Hello World : travels in virtuality , first = Sue , last = Thomas , page = 78 , publisher = Raw Nerve Books , isbn = 9780953658565 , ol = 4487793W , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=4vweAQAAIAAJ , passage = The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error. }}
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  • , year = 2007 , title = Larkenia's Flaws: Volume 1 , author = Morgan O'Friel , page = 136 , publisher = TheSpindle , location = Grand Rapids , isbn = 9780615147536 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=SlwptL0XfdUC&pg=PA136 , passage = As he(SIC) struggled to yank Sarah back to eir room, Edward promised emself that ey'd do whatever ey could to save what was left of eir sibling's sanity- and protect em from their monster of a mother. }}
  • (neologism, emphatic) em, themself; .
  • Synonyms

    * themself * (neologism) hirself

    Hyponyms

    * himself, herself

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns