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co en · NOUN · etymology 1

Clipping of company.

(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of company.
alt of company

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co.		alternative	lexicographic
Co.		alternative	lexicographic
cos	Number=Plur		lexicographic
Co		alternative	lexicographic

Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

(gender-neutral, nonstandard, singular, third-person) Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
- At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context and different terms in a Euro-American cultural context than in other racial and ethnic contexts. 1996, Beemyn, Brett; Elianon, Mickey, Queer studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Anthology, page 74:
- Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks [...] 1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: A Documentary Study of Twin Oaks Community:
- A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact. 2004 April 1, Pieira dos Lobos, “Fern's Story two”, in alt.magick.serious (Usenet):
(gender-neutral, nonstandard, singular, third-person) Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

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coself	Reflex=Yes		lexicographic