Mx.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mx"

English

Noun

Mx. (plural Mxes.)

1. US and Canada standard form of Mx (“gender-neutral title”).
   • 2021 May 4, Taylor Lorenz, “Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “He takes a lot of inspiration directly from Elon Musk for better or for worse,” Mx. Morey said.

   • 2022, Lizzie Post, Daniel Post Senning, “Greetings & Introductions”, in Emily Post’s Etiquette, centennial/20th edition, New York, N.Y.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 45:

     [TITLE] Mx. [PLURAL] Mxes. / Pronounced “mixes” [WHO USES IT] Nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people [IN WRITING] Mx. Riley Smith / Mx. Smith / The Mxes. Smith (relatives, or a married couple) / The Mxes. Smith, Laughlin, and Freedman (relatives or a group of individuals) / Mx. Riley Smith and Mx. Kai Laughlin (individuals or a couple) [IN CONVERSATION] “This is Mx. Riley Smith, they handle our design work.” / “The Mxes. Smith and Jones from the architecture firm Redefine Design are attending the wedding.” [NOTES] Mx. can also be used when you don’t want your gender known.

   • 2022 July 29, Dodai Stewart, “The Fight to Save New York’s Extravagantly ’80s Subway Entrance”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “They’re like, we want to make it like a place where people want to meet up. But why wouldn’t people want to meet up in a gigantic ice-cream parlor?” questioned Mx. Herzog, who prefers to use a gender-neutral honorific.

   • 2024 April 28, Jen Silverman, “Art Isn’t Supposed to Make You Comfortable”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Mx. Silverman is a playwright and the author, most recently, of the novel “There’s Going to Be Trouble.”

   • 2025 May 16, Lena Abram, “Hera”, in Sugar & Dragon. Sweet Steamy Romance Act II: Seduction, ASIN B0F8964HHR:

     “You took it out of my mouth, Mxes. Ainone.” / “Really?” the phantom wondered. “We don’t remember taking anything out of your mouth.” / “That was a metaphor.”

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