Once upon a time – oh God, it was the ’60s! – the late but often brilliant comedian Godfrey Cambridge, used the immortal words “They are us!” as a brilliant comic punchline. Now, however, it’s absolutely correct to say, “They are me!” Here’s why:
by Beth Skwarecki
If somebody wants to refer to a person whose gender they do not know, or who doesn’t have a gender, they can use a certain very common English language pronoun. You know which one I mean. I just used it twice. Congratulations to they on being Merriam-Webster’s word of the year.