Mx
abbreviation/mɪks/, /məks/
/mɪks/, /məks/
(British English) (also Mx. North American English, British English)
- a title that comes before somebody's family name or before their first and family names together, used by people who do not wish to say what gender they are
- The airline now lets customers pick the gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx’ when booking a ticket.
Word Origin1970s: apparently from M (as in Mr, Mrs, Ms, etc.) + x, probably denoting an unknown or variable factor or quantity)
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