whomself

[Fox30News]

How often is this word used?


Who threw whomself at who?
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[Anjie]

I've never heard anyone say this word, it would be themself/themselves.

 

[chesty]

Hello.

Seeing as the word does not exist, i would have to say that it is seldom used.

 

[dwipper]

Although I could certainly see how someone might derive this and it may make a certain amount of sense, the word exists in niether formal or coloquial language.

In formal AE, I would say "Who threw him- or herself at whom."

 

[MissFit]

You don't need a who or a whom for the second pronoun. It should be, "Who threw himself at whom?"

 

[mjscott]

I have lived decades and decades and many more years beyond that. This is the first time I have ever seen the word whomself.

 

[foxfirebrand]

Methinks whomspeaks in jest.
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[Trina]

How often is this word used?


Who threw whomself at who?
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Is this something you have seen written or is it something you have heard?

Perhaps this was a conversation at a nightclub
A: Mumblemumble threw himself at Mumblemumble.
B: What? I can't hear you. Who threw himself at who?

Welcome to the Forum, by the way.

Perhaps it was meant to be himself not whomself?

 

[lsp]

...the word exists in niether neither formal or coloquial colloquial language.

just a typo alert