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zirself

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zirself /zɪəˈsɛlf , zəːˈsɛlf /
pronoun [third person singular] [reflexive] used instead of ‘himself’ or ‘herself’ to refer to a person whose gender is not specified or who is non-binary:
ze walked over and introduced zirself
[emphatic] ze has to do it zirself.
– ORIGIN 1990s: from zir + self, on the model of himself and herself.