Non-binary singer Sam Smith mocked for using term 'fisherthem': 'What fresh linguistic hell is this?'
Singer Sam Smith confused Twitter users Tuesday for proclaiming he would like to be a "fisherthem," instead of a "fisherman." "I love fishing! Yes, I do! Yeah I'd love to be a fisherthem!" Smith said in an interview with the BBC. "What? Like a fly fisherman?" the interviewer asked. "I'd be any type of fisherthem," he responded. "I think I would like to - one day I'd just like to end my days fishing, like sitting on a bank." The interview quickly prompted reaction across social media with many users calling out Smith, who identifies as non-binary and used "they/them" pronouns.
