gentlethem

English

Etymology

From gentle +‎ them, after gentleman.

Noun

gentlethem (plural gentlethems or gentlethem)

  1. (neologism) Polite term of address for a non-binary person.
    • 2018, Ada Harper, A Treason of Truths, Carina Press, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      “We’re conducting biowarfare 101 today, boys and girls and gentlethem.”
    • 2019, Claire Kann, If It Makes You Happy, Square Fish, Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, →ISBN:
      “My queen, ladies, gentlemen, and gentlethems,” Dallas said.
    • 2021 March 1, Mel Compo, “How to Shop for Jeans as a Non-Binary Person”, in Vice‎, archived from the original on 1 March 2021:
      Shopping for jeans can be a terribly gendered experience. I hear you, fellow gremlins and gentlethems, asking why should I wear jeans ever again?
    • 2022, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, “my body is a window”, in David Stavanger, Radhiah Chowdhury, Mohammad Awad, editors, Admissions: Voices within Mental Health, Upswell Publishing, →ISBN:
      in a TV show where people dress up as drag queens contestants are asked to name their inner saboteur / ladies & gentlethem, please welcome to the stage Sid
    • 2022, Jonathan Larkin, Cherry Jezebel, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 4:
      Gaydies and gentlethems! The MerseyPride Icon Award goes to . . . Cherry Brandy!
    • 2022, Meredith Spies, In the Spirit (Medium at Large; 4):
      The gentlethems at the booth here were just telling me about the Butterworth Cemetery excursion and—
    • 2022, Rachel Swirsky, January Fifteenth, Tor.com, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN:
      “Ladies, gentlethems, and my fellow incorrigible assholes!” William shouted.
    • 2022 September 10, “Around the world in 80 dates…”, in Saturday (The Guardian), number 50, page 28:
      And … did you kiss? [Bella:] A gentle-them always kisses and tells. (No, we didn’t.)
    • 2023, Camille Kellogg, Just as You Are, The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 13:
      “Ladies and gentlethems,” Charlotte said, raising her arms like a preacher. “We are saved.”
    • 2023 April 11, Daily Mail‎:
      Now it’s the ladies and gentlethem of the jury

Usage notes

Chiefly used in variations of ladies and gentlemen; see theydies and gentlethems.

See also
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