Neopronoun
Neopronouns are a category of neologistic English third-person personal pronouns beyond 'he', 'she', 'they', 'one', and 'it'. Neopronouns are preferred by some non-binary individuals who feel that neopronouns provide more options to reflect their gender identity more accurately than conventional pronouns. Neopronouns may be words created to serve as pronouns such as 'ze/hir' or 'noun-self' pronouns where existing words are turned into personal pronouns such as 'fae/faer'. Some neopronouns allude to they/them, such as 'ey/em', a form of Spivak pronoun. A survey by The Trevor Project in 2020 found that 4% of  LGBT+ youth used neopronouns. History. The singular "they", a popular non-binary pronoun today, emerged in the 14th-century poem William and the Werewolf, but newer pronouns were not coined until much later. The word 'thon', derived from 'that one', was introduced as a gender-neutral pronoun in 1858, added to the "Merriam-Webster Dictionary" in 1934 and removed from it in 1961. 'Ze' as a gender-neutral English pronoun dates back to at least 1864. In 1911, an insurance broker named Fred Pond invented the pronoun set "he'er, his'er and him'er", which the superintendent of the Chicago public-school  system proposed for adoption by the school system in 1912, sparking a national debate in the US, with 'heer' being added to the Funk & Wagnalls dictionary in 1913. The "Sacramento Bee" used the gender-neutral 'hir' for 25 years from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1970, Mary Orovan invented the pronoun 'co/coself', which gained use in a cooperative community in Virginia called the Twin Oaks Community, where it was still in use as of 2011. In 1996, Kate Bornstein used the pronouns 'ze/hir' to refer to a character in their novel "Nearly Roadkill". The "Oxford English Dictionary  added an entry for 'ze' in 2018 and entries for 'hir' and 'zir' in 2019. The term 'neopronoun' emerged in the 2010s. Reception. There has been some conflict over the subject of neopronouns, with opposition to the idea in both the cisgender and transgender communities. Many people find them clunky, unfamiliar, and difficult to use. Some have said that the use of neopronouns, especially noun-self pronouns, come from a position of privilege and make the LGBT community look like a joke, or that it pulls focus away from larger, more important issues, such as bullying, the murder of trans 	Neopronoun
7282421	people and suicide. People who are supportive of neopronouns state that they are helpful for genderqueer individuals to find something that was made for them" and for neurodivergent people, who may struggle with their gender identity. On social media platforms such as Twitter, there are many posts affirming the validity of neopronouns. Several magazines and newspapers have published articles on neopronouns that are generally in support of them, detailing how to use them and be supportive of those who do. Noun-self pronouns. Noun-self pronouns are a type of neopronoun which involve a noun being used as a personal  pronoun. Examples of noun-self pronouns include vamp/vampself, kitten/kittenself, and doll/dollself. Noun-self pronouns trace their origins to the early 2010s on the website Tumblr.