a short collection of pre-tumblr neopronouns
alternatively titled, âno, neopronouns are not just a tumblr-invented fadâ
middle english: ha or a (surviving in some british dialects today, as well as un, hoo and u)
c. 1850: ne/nis/nim, hiser
1884: thon/thons, hi/hes/hem, le/lis/lim, hiser/himer, ip/ips
1912: he'er/him'er/his'er/his'erâs
1927: ha/hez/hem, on, hesh/hizzer/himmer
1970: she/heris/herim, co/cos, ve/vis/ver
1972: tey/term/tem, shis/shim/shims/shimself, ze/zim/zees/zeeself, per/pers
1973: na/nan/naself, s|he*, him|er*, his-or-her
1974: en/es/ar, hisorher, herorhis
1979: et/ets/etself, shey/sheir/sheirs
1985: herm, che/chim/chis
1995: ne/nes/nem, wun (pl. wuns or wen, also used in place of generic man, and as gentlewuns and wunkind)
* = s|he & him|er use / instead of |, but I used | here to differentiate it from the standard layout of pronoun sets. theyâre written as s/he and him/er.
these are just the pronouns listed on one page - there are more out there (wikipedia has some), & imagine how many were never recorded!