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pronoun person en · NOUN

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1. (derogatory, qualifier:LGBTQ politics) Someone who goes by unconventional gender pronouns and is dogmatic about others using their preferred pronouns.
   • Turns out that we've all been gratuitously and unconsciously offending the newest prickly particle of the population — the pronoun people — by being so rude and unfeeling in the manner in which we've attempted to ascertain their particular gender preferences. 2019 December 3, Howard Tullman, “Spare Me From the Pronoun Police”, in Inc., New York, N.Y.: Mansueto Ventures, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2025:
   • We saw diesel trucks, combustion generators, heavy tractors, fuel tankers, and a whole lot of bearded good ol' boys putting some of that "toxic masculinity" to work saving lives and rebuilding the infrastructure for the people who lost everything. Said another way: "When the proverbial stuff hits the fan, nobody calls the pronoun people for help." 2024, Ron Wallace, American Madness: Waking up to Woke, →ISBN, page 232:
   • This is a battle over cultural identity itself, and the Biden administration's directive to make Title IX wrap its protective arms around the Pronoun People is to help ensure that these types of people and their maladies will enjoy a supportive and nondiscriminatory school and, therefore, a supportive and nondiscriminatory society. 2022 July 8, Sean Fitzpatrick, “A Little Discrimination Can Go a Long Way”, in Crisis Magazine, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2025:
   • Heckathorne was eventually able to get their correct name displayed on their mailbox only after bringing the issue to the attention of more senior staff members, but Heckathorne noticed a change in the first staff member's attitude towards them. They said the staff member would refer to them as a "pronoun person," saying she couldn't keep up with all the "phases" of Heckathorne's identity. The staff member would even use Heckathorne's incorrect name or pronouns over the school intercom. 2020 June 17, Andrea Bian, “Ren Heckathorne, Evanston/Skokie D65 teacher, details discrimination”, in The Daily Northwestern, Evanston, I.L.: Students Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2026:

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