Theyself is the AAVE reflexive form of the singular gender-neutral pronoun they — meaning themselves when referring to one person. As singular they has gone mainstream for gender-neutral reference, theyself offers a natural reflexive companion. It fills a genuine grammatical gap and reflects the organic way language communities adapt pronoun systems. You'll hear it in AAVE-rooted speech and increasingly in everyday informal English from younger speakers.
They did all the planning theyself and still made it look effortless.
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Slang from Black American Vernacular English (AAVE), hip-hop, drag and ballroom culture, the Caribbean, and NYC street vocabulary. The single largest source of new mainstream English slang in living memory.
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