Co

Co is a gender-neutral personal pronoun which can be used in preference to `he' and `him' as the default pronoun in situations where the sex of the person being referred to is unknown. It is used by some of the members of Twin Oaks commune in Virginia, USA, to make their language less sexist. Example:  `Whoever uses the hay wagon is in for a surprise unless he puts the pin back in the rear wheel.' This is sexist because whoever uses the hay wagon might be a girl or a woman. It is less oppressive to say,  `Whoever uses the hay wagon is in for a surprise unless co puts the pin back in the rear wheel.'

It is pronounced with the `o' long, as in `cohesion', `co-operation, `copacetic', etc.

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