#term coinage

[pluralterms-ohmy]

Midfortive

Midfortive refers to a type of introject that is sort of disconnected from their source or parts of their source, but not completely.

They can still connect with certain parts and turn away from others, feeling sort of in the middle and neutral about the source as a whole.

[shes-seen-things]

I was thinking of coining a term "acebody". It's kinda like arogender, but not a gender. It's because I was thinking about my experience as an ace person again, thinking about whether "acegender" would fit my experience. But I didn't feel it was to do with my gender. I thought about the term "angenital", which I believe means not wanting to have genitalia. That's not what I feel either. I've realised I'm fine with what my genitals are, I just don't want them to be sexualised. It is not a gender though, as it's how I want my body to be perceived in relation to sexual acts, not how I want people perceive me, or how I want my body to be perceived in relation to gender. I don't want my body to have anything to with sex. I don't want it to be perceived as having anything to do with sex. I feel like other people, allo people, view their bodies sexually; how much of the time and to what extent I can't say, but I think generally, the way they act and talk, I keep being reminded that they seem to view themselves in a way, sexually, that I don't relate to at all. Not just in terms of not wanting sex or not experiencing attraction to others, but in terms of not viewing my body as a sexual thing at all. I don't just want to use the term to asexual to describe this experience, since although it is an ace experience (or seems to be), it's more specific than that. I want to specifically highlight that this is about my body, not my attraction or sexual desires. It's worth noting that (although I myself am a "flat out" ace (we really need a better term for that lol)) in this way I do believe grey-aces could use the term too, if they found it useful.

I will say there is an issue with this term, as that it refers specifically to an experience, I believe, of specifically sex-repulsed asexuals, yet it uses the term "ace" to refer to it - this ignores the fact that certain sex-favourable or grey asexuals exist who may view themselves sexually in a way that would make them not acebodied. However, you could have the same or similar criticism of arogender in regards to it's separation from romance despite romance-favourable and grey aromantic existing; since there doesn't seem to be this concern with arogender (or I haven't seen any), I'm not sure whether to consider this a problem or not with acebody/ied.

It's also worth noting that, like any other part of the ace spectrum, this is not shaming those who have/like sex or who view themselves sexually. In a way, this term "acebody" actually sort of relies on considering sexual people equally, since I'm coining it out of a desire to have a term that explains how I feel different from those who I'm, often, surrounded by without being disrespectful; to express an intrinsic part of my identity, as well as some boundaries, in a way that is succinct and impactful while holding no shame over others. It is simply about a difference, that I feel is really quite difficult to express, highlight, or make people genuinely understand, without this new term. And that's why I want to coin it.

[diamorics-unite]

did you come up with the terms lunarian/solarian/stellarian? i'm having a hard time tracking down who--i wanna give proper credit for the term when describing my gender.

Nope, we did not coin those terms. According to @pride-color-schemes it was coined by @moonbian.

Heres a link to the specific post where they credited moonbian: https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/156197360605/stellarian-lunarian-and-solarian-combos

If anyone can confirm or deny this, please let us know. This is just what I found via a google search (:

-Mod Ryan

[pluralterms-ohmy]

Ergodian/Ergodician

Ergodian are headmates who are randomly generated. This could be a headmate chosen from a random source, or a headmate who was formed without any form of connections to their appearance and personality.

Could also be a headmate whose origin is random/randomly generated.

[pluralterms-ohmy]

Dixian

Dixian are previously nonverbal headmates who have gained the ability to talk in some way, whether they become verbal-flux, semi-verbal, or their verbality is a one time thing.

[pluralterms-ohmy]

Polyheureux and Polytriste

Polyheureux refers to any large system, usually but not limited to those of 100+, who are large due to happiness or positive feelings.

Polytriste refers to any large system, usually but not limited to those of 100+, who are large due to sadness or negative feelings.