Spivak pronoun

noun

Any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community.

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Meanings

nounSpivak pronoun (plural Spivak pronouns)

plural Spivak pronouns

  1. Any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community.

Origin

Named after American mathematician Michael Spivak who used the pronouns E, Em, and Eir in the 1982 book "The Joy of TeX". Spivak did not coin the pronoun set he used in the book.

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APA

Spivak pronoun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spivak%20pronoun

MLA

“Spivak pronoun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spivak%20pronoun. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spivak pronoun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spivak%20pronoun.

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