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'''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced ''mystery'' or ''misstree''.
'''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced ''mystery'' or ''misstree''.


'''History and meaning:''' A play on non-binary gender often being perceived as "mysterious." One potential problem is that it contains the "mister" and "miss" sounds in the beginning. In 2001, Liz Menzel wrote, "As Mr. is short for Mister, and Mrs. was once short for Mistress, how about Mre., for 'Mistree' (or I suppose for 'mystery,' for those who demand their spelling)."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070310125817/http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/references.html</ref>
'''History and meaning:''' A play on nonbinary gender often being perceived as "mysterious." One potential problem is that it contains the "mister" and "miss" sounds in the beginning. In 2001, Liz Menzel wrote, "As Mr. is short for Mister, and Mrs. was once short for Mistress, how about Mre., for 'Mistree' (or I suppose for 'mystery,' for those who demand their spelling)."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070310125817/http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/references.html</ref>


'''Use:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, Mre was chosen by less than 0.1% of respondents.<ref name="Census2018"/>
'''Use:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, Mre was chosen by less than 0.1% of respondents.<ref name="Census2018"/>
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