Inventing new words works so rarely it's a wonder people keep suggesting it. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented_pronouns http://e

Inventing new words works so rarely it's a wonder people keep suggesting it. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented_pronouns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented... I think hacker is a great term. I don't particularly care how people perceive it. If someone wants to know what I do, I explain it in terms that will make sense to them. Sometimes that will include the word hacker, sometimes it won't.