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the singular form of the plural noun.
my computer changes "themself" to "themselves" all the time.
themself by cheryl lemons April 1, 2008
A mythical pronoun occasionally sighted awkwardly straddling the thorny bush dividing plural from singular.

See myselves, mangluage.
"anybody who actually says this should kill themself."
themself by _m374 May 18, 2006
An English word that for some damn reason sounds incorrect to our brain, is not listed as a word, gets spellchecked, but yet is perfectly correct grammar-wise.

Why it's not an officially recognized word (while its plural form is) is beyond me.

For example, in the sentence "the Church themself stated that...", the Church is a single entity and therefore can be used in its singular form.
Guy 1: You know what's even more stupid than Elon's tweets?

Guy 2: What?
Guy 1: The fact that themself is not officially recognized as a word.
Guy 2: Frfr bro
can be used to refer to a singular person if you don't know their gender.
That person refuses to run the marathon by themself.
Themself by megamangohan August 9, 2020

Eaten themself 

A person is so fat they look like they have eaten themselves and there is 2 of that person, one person inside and one person outside.
That person is so fat it looks like they have eaten themself
Eaten themself by Rafphillips June 7, 2014

up themselves 

Someone with an inflated view of their own importance, opinions, personality or looks
Most celebrities are so up themselves it’s a wonder they don’t disappear up their own arseholes
up themselves by Ruzz_Sin October 16, 2006
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"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
briefcake by Ben Frey April 6, 2006
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Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Ratfucker by Ricky Ramjet November 2, 2017
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