Word of the decade

[Funkydrummer]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/th ... li=BBoPWjQ

What on earth ?

[Spike]

Venkys

[Zlatan]

“They” can f#ck right off

[thatdberight]

Whoever it usually comes along to chide people for raising eyebrows at this will doubtless be along to tell you off. Expect to be called some old white guy from the 1970s before midnight if previous is anything to go by...

[Claret]

I’m thrilled they won

[Bosscat]

Is that the old decade... or the current 6 day old decade???

[ElectroClaret]

Here's another one: dickheads.
(Or should that be hyphenated?)

[Funkydrummer]

Whoever it usually comes along to chide people for raising eyebrows at this will doubtless be along to tell you off. Expect to be called some old white guy from the 1970s before midnight if previous is anything to go by...

But I haven't said anything.

[Tricky Trevor]

“They” can call themselves whatever they want. I have no interest whatsoever in their desire to be different or their sexuality but for now I’ll stick with pricks.

[DomBFC1882]

Brexit

[Steve1956]

"Bellend" is a cool word

[Hopey1786]

**** of the decade - sam smith

[AlargeClaret]

Wtf does “ they” refer to? Are they talking in the 3rd person or is it just gay thing like frotting or felching ??

[IanMcL]

In the football world, it would be an incorrectly used 'Them'.

[SalisburyClaret]

Decision made by US linguists - at least they both agreed

[FactualFrank]

Surely, it's cockwomble or pisstrumpet.

[Hipper]

I'm surprised Ben Zimmer didn't frame it differently.

[Hipper]

Wtf does “ they” refer to? Are they talking in the 3rd person or is it just gay thing like frotting or felching ??

Surely felching isn't just a gay thing?

[FactualFrank]

Wtf does “ they” refer to? Are they talking in the 3rd person or is it just gay thing like frotting or felching ??

It's the new Vegan.

[KateR]

I'm getting old, so how does one use this version of "they" if the writing to someone or doing a blog for instance? Would I have had to change my opening line to:

They getting old
They is getting old

More importantly how would OK Boomers like me actually understand what they (as opposed to "they") were trying to say.
Having dyslexia is difficult enough without "they" idiots introducing a new form of speak into my old world.

I am really afraid I'm sound like my mother right now and that is definitely a scary thought!!

[Lord Beamish]

I'm getting old, so how does one use this version of "they" if the writing to someone or doing a blog for instance? Would I have had to change my opening line to:

They getting old
They is getting old

They would probably use “they’re”. In line with “He’s” and “She’s”.

[Bosscat]

In regards to refering to "Sam Smith" the Steve1956 standard is best I refer to "Sam Smith" as

KNOB

[KateR]

now you're just complicating things more Lord Beamish lol