Misc-shell Coining

What is Aplatonic?

Aplatonic is an identity on the anattractional spectrum (aspec) that describes a lack of platonic attraction. The aplatonic spectrum is known as aplspec and apl- is pronounced like "apple."

Platonic refers to a tertiary form of attraction where one desires to form friendships (platonic relationships.) A platonic crush is known as a squish and a friend is the person who is in a platonic relationship.

Some folks may feel fluctuating platonic attraction while others may feel very diminished levels of platonic attraction. Some may be entirely repulsed by platonic relationships while others may simply not wish to pursue platonic relationships. All types of identities you see in the aspec community - gray, fray, litho, demi, cupio, aego, apothi, orchid, neuro - are experiences you may see in the aplatonic community. Like all other orientations, this is a flexible and varied label, and people will use it in a variety of ways.

This is not a term exclusive to the aro/ace community. Many folks may be aplatonic but feel attraction in other aspects.

Click here to see a very informative website all about the aplatonic identity and all the terms that fall under it.

Some blogs to follow:

@aplatonicism

@our-aplatonic-experience

@aplatonic-stuff

@apls-to-apls

@aro-apl-safeplace-for-all

@aroapl

@aroaplandchill

@aplatonic-culture-is

@aplatonicsafespace

@aplatonic-alpaca

I'm also aplatonic! I'm open to answering questions about it. I'm not out to many people (definitely no one outside of the internet) and I'm still exploring this aspect of me, so there are a lot of details I'm not sure how to explain yet. I talk a lot about my experiences under the "aplatonic" tag on my main, @stormy-talks.

Kenochoric: A Masterpost

Kenochoric is a term I created back in 2020. It's gone through numerous edits, additions, and different sites to talk about what it can mean, subterms for it, and new terminology. With this version of the post, I hope to put in everything relevant up to this point, and have a live post available on Tumblr since my old blogs are gone.

Kenochoric's official "homepage" is now on my Neocities. The old Carrd is still up, but it has a disclaimer that will redirect you to the right place. I only keep it up for archiving's sake. The new page is still technically a WIP, and will contain more and more over time, but it's fully functional and has the definition below.

[1] The Definition of Kenochoric:

Kenochoric is a gender identity centered around concepts like the unknown, darkness / obscurity, liminal spaces, emptiness, the uncanny valley, nostalgia, and anything else that can be considered similar, or evokes similar "vibes." It's also an umbrella term for identities that can fall under this definition. There isn't any one specific "thing" that makes something kenochoric or not, because gender identity and what it means to you is personal.

While kenochoric was created to be a gender umbrella, it is also sometimes used to describe other kinds of identities.

The term kenochoric stems from two things; keno was taken from kenopsia, and the prefix, kenós, is a Greek root meaning "empty." Choric was taken from another Greek root, khôros, meaning "room," and was also partly chosen because it somewhat resembles words like choir and chorus.

Kenochoric isn't a part of other umbrella terms, such as xenogender. It is a stand-alone identity. That being said, you can of course be kenochoric as well as other genders, such as a kenochoric man / woman, kenochoric and xenogender (xenochoric), or anything along those lines. Hell, even people without gender identity (namely gendervoid and similar terms) could consider themselves kenochoric.

Someone who is kenochoric can be called an omen, or alternatively a hex. Omen is meant to be more in-line with words like man / woman, while hex is a little closer to boy / girl, but you don't need to be any certain age to use either, similar to how some adults still refer to themselves as girls / boys simply because they prefer it. An alternative to hex, vex, was also created by Tumblr user @sangrenfreude!

Kenous refers to kenochoric "qualities," equivalent to masculine and feminine. Kenosity is the equivalent to masculinity and femininity. Kenous is also sometimes referred to as kenoine.

[2] The Flags and Symbols

The flag on the top is the official, original kenochoric flag. Below are two alternatives I made a couple years ago.

These aren't "new" or "preferred" flags or anything, I just wanted to toy around with the flag a bit and really enjoyed these. So, they can be used as much as the original flag is.

This is the kenochoric symbol, which was originally made by @mourningmogaicrew. There is a white and black variant here, so you might only see one of them on screen.

[3] Some Extra Terminology

Kenochord is often used to describe a kenochoric gender.

Transkenous / Transkenoine, or transkeno for short, is a transitional kenochoric subterm equivalent to terms like transmasculine and transfeminine.

Achamoric, or kenomoric, is a term kenochoric people may use for their orientation, not fitting into other categories of attraction or labels due to their kenosity. It can be an orientation on its own, or it can be used as an umbrella term to describe a variety of kenous attraction (such as the terms below.)

Haunian or Salvaen is a term for being attracted to kenochoric people in a "gay" way. Comparable to lesbian and veldian.

[Plain text: a collection of kenous referential language (that I've personally stumbled upon). End of plain text.]

Please let me know if I've missed any, and if the post isn't accessible enough. Some of these are more.. adjacent, rather than properly referential language, I think? But I felt the need to include them. Also I tried my best to link sources! This will be updated if more terms come out :) Edit 20/8/25 I fixed some misspellings!

omen (link) - a kenochoric person, typically older, equivalent to terms like man/woman/enban. plural form omens or omenim (formal)

hex (link) / vex (link) - a kenochoric person, typically younger, equivalent to terms like girl/boy/enby. plural form hexes or vexes

kenore & chori (link) - a kenochoric person, generally. uncommon usage but an alternative to omen & hex/vex. *personally interpret it in similar vein to terms like guy and gal/girl in casual use. plural form kenores, choris or chories

kenochorim (link) - the formal word for a group of kenochoric people. typically used to describe kenochoric people in a more formal way, compared to more casual terms like omens or kenores. In similar vein to "ladies" instead of "girls" or "boys".

kenic (link) - a kenochoric alignment, equivalent to terms like xenic or masc/fem aligned.

kenous/kenoine (link) - a kenochoric quality, equivalent to terms like feminine or masculine. short form is keno (like fem/masc) and kenosity is the equivalent to masculinity and femininity.

voidrian (link) - a galactian system (link) kenochoric alignment.

KEIN (Kenochoric-In-Nature/Kenous-In-Nature/Kenoine-In-Nature) (link) - an in-nature term for kenochoric, equivalent to terms like FIN (Feminine-In-Nature) and MIN (Masculine-In-Nature). Can be called keingender too.

kiaspec/keiaspec (link) - an umbrella term for anyone on the kenochoric spectrum, equivalent to terms like miaspec and fiaspec. *the post linked goes in further detail for anyone who's curious!

kenox/kenon/kemel (link) - a kenochoric non binary sex label (link) option(s), equivalent to the binary terms male and female.

omenhood/omenity (link) - the state or condition of being an omen, the kenochoric equivalent to womanhood/manhood.

kenochord (link) - a kenochoric gender.

hexfriend/vexfriend - a kenochoric partner, equivalent to terms like girlfriend/boyfriend/joyfriend/etc.

linger (link) / veil (link) / limabide (link) - a kenochoric spouse, equivalent to terms like wife/husband.

sublimin (link) - a kenochoric sibling, equivalent to terrms like brother/sister.

chorient/koko (link) - a kenochoric parent, equivalent to terms like mother/father.

grandko/grandchorient (link) - a kenochoric grandparent, equivalent to terms like grandmother/grandma and grandfather/grandpa.

chorin (link) - a kenochoric sibling of a parent, equivalent to terms like aunt and uncle.

kenomas - a term for being a kenochoric man; one's manhood is inherently kenochoric, has been changed in someway due to kenosity, etc.

made specifically for those who are kenochoric men, not kenochoric and a man; for a term like that see kenoboy.

symbol made in ibis paint.

term/flags by us. for wanderer. tagging @radiomogai.

symbols under the cut cause I didn't feel like cleaning them up.

[IMAGE ID: five rectangular flags with six evenly-sized stripes each. all of them have a simplified icon in the top left. they are all of their terms’ respective objects. the first flag’s stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: dull purple, dull pink, pastel pink, dark purple, dark purple-grey, and nearly-black purple. the second flag’s stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: deep dark blue, dull blue, medium blue, dark blue, deep blue, and black. the third flag’s stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: pastel blue, pink-grey, off-white, cool grey, medium grey, and dark grey. the fourth flag’s stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: golden yellow, dull yellow-green, light purple, cool grey, dark grey, and dark dull purple. the fifth flag’s stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: dark warm brown, warm yellow, light yellow, warm orange, dark orange, and red-orange. END ID.]

void: a presentation term for someone who presents in a kenous way, or someone whose presentation can only be described as kenochoric.

abyss: a presentation term for someone who presents femininely and in a kenous way, or someone whose presentation is feminine in a kenochoric way.

fog: a presentation term for someone who presents masculinely and in a kenous way, or someone whose presentation is masculine in a kenochoric way.

liminal: a presentation term for someone who presents neutrally and in a kenous way, or someone whose presentation is gender-neutral in a kenochoric way.

nostalgia: a presentation term for someone who presents as gender nonconforming and in a kenous way, or someone whose presentation is gender nonconforming in a kenochoric way.

Esthesiosexual

for those that desire platonic relationships/connections but struggle due to an aversion to being emotionally vulnerable and generally feeling closed off or as if their emotions are sealed away.

— requested by anon ! taglist @radiomogai @fleurvoidteacollective (ask to be added/removed.)

I couldn't get this text to format correctly for a Tumblr post so here is the shareable link for it and below are pages from a .pdf I created. I compiled as many galactian alignments as possible and provided archive links (except for many subset identities because the archive website wasn't cooperating.)

It could use some expanding but these are what I have so far.

— SHAPESHiFTER

:: a species flag for shapeshifters.

:: made for myself.

tags — @accessibilitea & @radiomogai

[pt] shapeshifter, a species flag for shapeshifters. made for myself. tags: accessibilitea and radiomogai. [/end pt]

MOGAI ABCs!

[PT: MOGAI ABCs!]

[ID: a transparent lineup of 9 teddy bears each holding a stuffed letter, spelling out "MOGAI ABCs" /end ID]

this is a dual coining and experiences event! anyone can participate in both or either :] you also can skip prompts, do them out of order, whatever! tag your posts with #MOGAI ABCs

this event will take place throughout june, each day (except the last few) representing a different letter of the english alphabet!

june 1st is A, june 2nd is B, and so on and so forth. for the remaining few days after june 26th (Z), the prompts are: numbers, visuals, sounds, and free day!

the coining prompts are simple and loose -- coin something that starts with the day's letter, combine two terms that start with the same letter, make a gift for someone whose name starts with the letter, the possibilities are endless!

the same looseness applies to the experience prompts too! for example, you can go more in depth with your own labels that start with that letter, or make an entirely different, personalized list!

that being said, here are some prompts i came up with :)

Alterhumanity - are you alterhuman? how does this affect your life and identity?

Body - what's your relationship to your body? how does it affect how you identify?

Culture - how does your culture influence your identity, if at all?

Disconnect - are you disconnected with any particular aspect of your identity?

Expression - how do you express your identity? what's your ideal expression/presentation?

Family, Friends - what's your relationship with the concepts of friendship and family? are you out to your family and friends, if you have them?

Gender - what's your experience with gender? how do you understand it?

Hoard - are you a hoarder? how does this affect your MOGAI identity? if you collect terms, how do you organize them?

Intersex - are you intersex or questioning? how has it affected your identity?

Joy - how do you find joy in your identity? what does it look and feel like to you?

Knowledge - is there something you wish was more widely known? share a fun fact about MOGAI or your identity!

Love - do you experience love? in what ways? what's your relationship to love as a concept?

Modality - what's your relationship to gender modality -- trans, cis, iso, amodal, etc?

Neurodivergence - are you neurodivergent? how does your neurodivergence or mental health affect your identity?

Orientation - talk about your orientation/attraction! what is it? does it feel or work a certain way?

Plurality - are you plural? what ways does plurality affect your identity?

Queerness - do you consider yourself queer? what does queerness mean to you?

Relationships - how do you approach relationships, romantic or otherwise? what does an ideal relationship look like to you?

Structure - how do you conceptualize your identity as a whole? how is it structured or divided, if at all?

Terminology - what terminology do you use to describe yourself, and/or what others refer to you as? is it typical of your gender? does it vary by what setting you're in?

Unity - what are your feelings toward the MOGAI community? do you consider yourself part of it?

View - how do your views (on the world, on society, etc.) affect your identity, especially your MOGAI identity?

When? - are there any important dates when it comes to your identity? when did you discover the MOGAI and/or queer communities, or that you were MOGAI/queer?

Xenogender - are you xenogender? what are your thoughts on the label?

Y (Why)? - why are you part of this community?

Zero - are you on any sort of a-spectrum? are there aspects of identity you lack?

Numbers - do you quantify your identity at all? are there any numbers that are special to you in this way?

Visuals - are there any parts of you that can be described with visuals -- such as pictures, art, colors, or symbols?

Sounds - how about audio? is there any music you associate with your identity?

Free Day!

thank you to @phloxamor for making the graphics!!

Description: a term describing those who believe in and worship greek deities. Also known as HelPol

Welcome to Flag Givers Incorporated!

We're a collaborative MOGAI blog focused on making flags for terms that don't have them!

If your term needs a flag, don't hesitate to give us a call!

Company Guidelines:

We take requests! If you or a loved one's term does not yet have a flag, you may be liable for compensation!

When submitting a request, please include a link to the term!

This is a collaborative blog, so please do not request a flag from a specific employee. We have blogs of own for that!

We are generally radqueer-critical, but the specific jobs we take on are up to the employee's discretion.

This blog will have no sexual / 18+ content, as that is obviously Not Safe For Work.

Meet our valued employees! (Click for links to their intros)

Manager 🛸 (she/synth/it+)

Employee ☀️ (he/it/any neos)

Employee ♏️ (they/them)

Employee ♑️ (it/its (nuanced))

Employee 🐈 (she/it/cat/paw/love+)

Employee 🪻 (he = she > they& < it = any neos)

Employee ⚙️ (it/its)

Employee 🐇 (it/its > vae/vaer = lop/lops > he/her)

Employee 🍮 (mu/mur)

Employee 💫 (he&/him&)

Employee ™️ (he/haze)

Employee 🦈 (shy = hy > they < ask)

† VAGRANT. . .

A presentation term for those who are vampires yet stray from being sophisticated or put together.

The idea of coming from money or being anything akin to a “count” is laughable, the user does not find any comfort in the high class stereotypes that vampires have gained.

A vagrant may have, but is not limited to, a ratty sense of style, torn clothes, bloodthirsty enjoyment, and a cocky attitude.

Above all, a vagrant is a vampire, disconnecting the user from humanity and the feeling of being mortal. But that being said, there is a disconnect from other vamps on account of the lack of care for high class things.

Polystic Attraction

NOI: referential term for a younger genderless/agender individual (ie girl, boy)

NOIAN: referential term for an older genderless/agender individual (ie woman, man)

TRANS NOI // TRANS NOIAN

CIS NOI // CIS NOIAN

Hello this was coined by talloran/JT of the keys! I am an agender kitty noi — this terminology was created due to a lack of connection I feel to any pre existing genderless terminology. I don’t feel connected with terms that use X, V and Z as it makes the terms feel more futuristic and alien. I always liked the sound of voi by @/lukeskyskater but I wanted a term that didn’t inherently connect to the void/gendervoid associations. I also used a lot of green palettes as I strongly associate genderlessness with green as opposed to the purple/black/greys that I often see. Also I’m a researcher so green = yay science! I pronounce these ‘noy’ and ‘noy-un’ >_o

TAGGING: @radiomogai @io-archival @rwuffles @ref-lang