noun-self pronoun

See also: nounself pronoun

English

Noun

noun -self pronoun (plural noun-self pronouns)

Alternative form of nounself pronoun.
- 2021, MSU Pride Community Centre 2STLGBQIA+ Handbook, page 15:
  Fae is an example of a “noun-self'” pronoun. […] Noun-self pronouns are often common amongst people who identify with xenogenders (see definition above, under X terms), but can be used by anyone.
- 2021 May 1, Ezra Marcus, “A guide to neopronouns”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 140th year, number 90, page 8:
  Noun-self pronouns can refer to animals—so your pronouns can be “bun/bunself” and “kitten/kittenself.”
- 2022, Robyn Ryle, She/He/They/Me: An Interactive Guide to the Gender Binary, →ISBN, page 76:
  Other neopronouns are “noun self-pronouns,” where a word that already exists is adapted as a pronoun.
- 2022, Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194:
  Noun-self pronouns can reflect a person’s connection to nature, fandom, or other interests, and are highly individualized.
- 2022 January 25, Rafael Nadal, “The way we talk now”, in StarLifestyle (The Star)‎^[1]:
  You may be used to hearing and using sentences like, “I love the new album by Sam Smith; they’re my favourite artiste,” but there are others such as ze, per, ey, e… as well as a system of noun-self pronoun which uses an existing word of the individual’s choice.
- 2022 February 6, Ewan Somerville, “Male, female, feline … Bristol University guide lectures staff about emoji pronouns and ‘catgender’ awareness”, in The Sunday Telegraph‎^[2]:
  Another section explains how noun-self pronouns are used by “xenic” individuals whose gender does not fit within “the Western human binary of gender alignments”.