GNU, not a word this time, but a
TLA (three letter acronym). You’ve been searching for a word to use instead of he or she or him or her?
Gender
Neutral
Unit
For those that do not identify as a woman or a man, male or female, or even as a human (or
huwoman obviously).
GNU
Gender Neutral Unit.
Example:
Used in educational machinery guides, it allows the reader to concentrate on the content, rather than, for example, which pieces might dangle into
the mechanism of a tea bagging machine, “when cleaning the machine of tea dust , the
operative must make sure that all GNU dangling parts are tucked into a hair net, attention must be paid to GNU personal cleanliness at all times”.
One can safely point out an amusing person to ones
chums and shout, “look at the state of GNU!” Safe in the knowledge that no one will shout back, “I’m a man!” or, “I don’t identify as a woman!”.