Which one is correct?

[magnusdeo]

Everybody was happy, weren't they?
or:
Everybody was happy, wasn't he?

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[jan.kulczyk]

The first one.

You need to use the unisex "they" tag since every other option would prove sexist/immoral/offensive/derogatory and could lead to panic/public unrest/riots/deportation/possibly even change of regime.

Seriously though, I was serious about the answer. Let me not dwell on why exactly that is correct, but I can assure you it is.

[axxolotl]

Someone should finally come up with a unisex form, don't you think?
How about "everythey"? Languages do evolve all the time, you know, so there'd
be nothing strange about it :)

Everythey was happy, weren't they?

Any other unisex ideas?

[jan.kulczyk]

> Any other unisex ideas?

How about a pair of Levi's?