| nosism |
| Definition: The practice of referring to yourself as we. |
| Example:
(1) We are not amused. (Queen Victoria) (2) We are not Queen Victoria. (Queen Elizabeth) |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Latin nos, we. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1829: "We will be consistent according to the fashionable virtue of the day in nos-ism." (Examiner 162/1) |