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1. A suspicious group of people, a government, cult, or supernatural beings who are behind something that has happened. Also "them." |
2. The third-person singular neuter pronoun (that is, the pronoun for someone whose gender you don't know, is irrelevant, or could be either male or female). This is the pronoun every English-speaker uses but everyone is afraid of (generally because of their junior high school teacher docking them points for “lack of number agreement.”) A colloquial replacement for the (far more formal and sometimes awkward) he or she (or she or he), which sounds like a sneeze. Includes “they,” “them,” “their,” and “themself” — or “themselves,” if you're a purist. (Although, if you're a purist, you probably won't like this entry anyway.) (ED. See her.)
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1. "Dave, did you hear about the alien abduction?" "Yes, Bill, it was ... them." | Oh, my God, they killed Kenny. |
2. “Who was that on the phone?” “They didn't say.” | “Remember, don't start CPR on someone until you've checked their neck for a pulse.”
(ED. “What if I'm going to give mouth-to-nostril resuscitation to a cat that isn't breathing?” “I'm not sure, but I think the same thing may apply. Click on your hyperlink for a reference to a book that may tell you.” |
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