Meanings
pronountheyselves (personal pronoun)
- nonstandardpersonalpronoundialect or African-American Vernacularthemselves
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Here are people cherishing Aunt Sally Simpson's smile and watermelon days sans rolling eyes and white folks acting up, just black folks of theyselves, by theyselves, and for theyselves, understandin' Bert bustin' rock out on the county road and the chain gang cake-walkin' across the stage, intercha[i]ngable.
2015, Steven C. Tracy, Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature, page 241
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APA
theyselves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theyselves
MLA
“theyselves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theyselves. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theyselves,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theyselves.
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