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'''History and Meaning:''' From Latin's ''magister'', whence ''mister'' and ''mistress'', with the neuter ending -trum related to the suffix -ter, the masculine -tor, and the feminine -trix.<ref>'[https://www.reddit.com/r/whatstheword/comments/jhodsn/comment/ga18pey/ "WTW for a gender-neutral sir/ma'am"]', comment on Reddit post, 25 October 2020. [https://archive.ph/aPHMz Archive], captured 24 August 2022.</ref> However, top search results also point to ''mistrum'' in Early Middle English, where it meant ''scant'' or ''poor''. | '''History and Meaning:''' From Latin's ''magister'', whence ''mister'' and ''mistress'', with the neuter ending -trum related to the suffix -ter, the masculine -tor, and the feminine -trix.<ref>'[https://www.reddit.com/r/whatstheword/comments/jhodsn/comment/ga18pey/ "WTW for a gender-neutral sir/ma'am"]', comment on Reddit post, 25 October 2020. [https://archive.ph/aPHMz Archive], captured 24 August 2022.</ref> However, top search results also point to ''mistrum'' in Early Middle English, where it meant ''scant'' or ''poor''. | ||
===Mq (Mistrique)=== | |||
'''How to use:''' Mq. Sam Smith. Mq. Smith | |||
'''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced "miss-treek" | |||
'''History and Meaning:''' Mistrique is an honorific made by a maverique for fellow maveriques, as a more fleshed out term than simply "Mav" or "Mv." It combines the common sound in honorifics of "miss"/"mist" with the suffix "rique" like in the end of "maverique." The term was coined on October 9th, 2023, by tumblr user solarpunkradio. | |||
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