The emojiself flag by Tumblr user uncommongenders
Emojiself pronouns are a form of gender neutral neopronouns. They are similar to nounself pronouns but instead of using letters they use emojis or other pictograms. They might be used for a number of reasons, such as one liking the way the emoji looks, liking the way they may sound in their head, or because one feels the emoji describes them or reflects something about their gender well.
Emojiself pronouns are meant to be used in text based communication only. They cannot be pronounced and are not intended to be pronounced, but some may have spoken alternatives. Most emoji pronoun users have pronouns to be used in spoken conversation. Some emoji pronoun users will use a nounself pronoun set based on the emoji, other emojiself pronoun users might use pronouns like he, she, they, or other pronouns that are unrelated to the emoji in spoken conversation. Others may go by no pronouns in speech.
An example of emojiself pronouns is:
| Case | Pronoun | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | 🍓 | 🍓 went to the store |
| Accusative | 🍓 | I met 🍓 today |
| Pronominal Possessive | 🍓s | 🍓 walked 🍓s dog today |
| Predicative Possessive | 🍓s | If I need a phone my friend will let me borrow 🍓s |
| Reflexive | 🍓self | 🍓 has to drive 🍓self to school |
Spoken alternatives to the above set of emojiself pronouns could be:
- Be/Berryself
- Straw/Strawberryself
- Fruit/Fruitself
For a listing of Emojiself pronouns, see Category:Emojiself.