Things that drive us mad: Getting a letter delivered to Miss something or, even worse, one delivered to Mrs (insert husband’s full name).

Why must our prefix be defined by our marital status?

But lately, the decision of whether to refer to someone as Miss, Mrs or Ms has been far less problematic, than the question of how to refer to someone who doesn’t identify as the gender into which they were born.

A new entry on Dictionary.com is seeking to change all that.

In the 1970s, the new pronoun, Mx (pron: mix), was proposed, but it seemed to simmer in the background and was never fully adopted.

Today, however, with society’s increased awareness of the complexities behind individuals’ sexual identities, thanks to transgender celebrities like Orange is the New Black’s Laverne Cox and Caitlin Jenner, there feels more of a need to introduce such a term.

According to Time, the etymology of the word comes from the ‘M’ which appears in all traditional male and female prefixes, and the ‘X’ represents an unknown entity.

Gender-neutral prefix could soon replace 'Mr' and Ms'