CNN serves up a 'guide to neopronouns' (WTF IS this?)

Doug P. | 11:21 AM on August 12, 2023

Another day has brought with it another ratioing for a hot take served up by CNN:

Just here for the ratio
— jrdy (@tfd_jrdy) August 12, 2023

You've heard of pronouns and the "preferred pronouns" nonsense, but are you familiar with "neopronouns"?

In case nobody heard of that, CNN decided to help out by publishing this doozy:

A guide to neopronouns, from ae to ze https://t.co/8vzoELbffQ
— CNN (@CNN) August 12, 2023

I wasn't familiar with "neopronouns" and certainly wasn't aware that "foremost experts on neopronouns" existed:

And then there are neopronouns (“new” pronouns), gender-neutral or nonbinary pronouns that are distinct from the common she, he and they. Neopronouns include terms like “xe” and “em,” and some of them even date back several centuries, when they were introduced by writers as a solution for referring to subjects without assuming gender. Now, they’re also commonly used by nonbinary and trans people.
All pronouns indicate identity and can be used to include or exclude people they describe — neopronouns included, said Dennis Baron, one of the foremost experts on neopronouns and their histories and an emeritus professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Neopronouns should be used and respected like any other pronoun, he told CNN.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or roll my eyes -- maybe a little of both.