Dictionary.com is updating entries to default to "they," instead of "he" or "she," when a pronoun is used. Credit: Shutterstock / Tama2u The lexicographers and editors at Dictionary.com know a ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Tuesday, Merriam-Webster announced that it had added a nonbinary definition for ...

Merriam-Webster added a new definition of the word “they” to its dictionary, declaring the pronoun may be used to refer to a “single person whose gender identity is nonbinary.” “They” is a liberating ...

As of Sept. 17, 2019, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "they" as, "Used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is non-binary." Allow me to proudly reiterate: The dictionary now ...

Merriam-Webster's dictionary is adding a new entry to the definition of the pronoun “they”: a way to refer to a nonbinary individual, one who identifies as neither exclusively male nor female.

On Sept. 17, Merriam-Webster announced its addition of 530 new words to the dictionary, including an expansion of the definition of "they" to include the use of the word as a nonbinary pronoun.