co

Etymology 1

noun

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of company.

Etymology 2

pron

  1. (nonstandard) they (singular). Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
    Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks … 1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: A Documentary Study of Twin Oaks Community
    At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context … 1996, Brett Beemyn, Mickey Elianon, Queer studies: a lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender anthology, page 74
    A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact. April 1 2004, Pieira dos Lobos, “Fern's Story two”, in alt.magick.serious (Usenet)
  2. (nonstandard) them (singular). Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/co), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.