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pron.
Single form of word themselves, used when refering to person whose sex (male or female) is not known or identified. Often used where the word them is used as a single form as well.
A person that looks at themself hella long in the mirror may be selfsexual.
themself by fcsuper May 14, 2006
Words you can keep
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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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
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