#alternative terms

Sarosine: A quality for being both masculine and feminine or having a gender that feels like it is between the two. It may also be a term for one's gender expression. This is an alternative term for androgynous.

"Saros" is a term describing a way to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. It alludes to the masculinity and femininity of these two celestial bodies coming together as one gendered aspect. "Sarosine" is meant to pull away from the binary roots of "androgynous."

The flag is reminiscent of a sunset moving into nighttime, to represent not just the two celestial concepts (Sun and Moon) but where they often meet in the middle.

Not necessarily alts for -ic just ideas and ones I've seen used

-ae, -am, -ation, -able, -ance, -ate, -at, -ant, -al/-all, -ade, -age, -ac, -act, -acity, -aholic, -algia, -ar, -ard, -arian, -ariam, -ary, -ation, -ative, -anne, -asion

-ble, -bia, -bess, -best

-cle, -cion, -cide, -cracy, -craty, -crat, -cule, -cy, -cycle, -ci, -carpe, -cèle/-cele

-dom, -dox, -dex

-er, -ea, -ette/-et, -es/-ess/-esse, -en, -ed, -el/-ell,/-elle, -ence, -ent, -ectomy, -ee, -eer, -emia, -ency, -ern, -essence, -etic, -ei, -ée, -eur

-ful/-full, -fy, -fic

-gam, -gamy, -gon, -gonic

-holic, -hood

-ic, -ix, -is, -ist, -ism, -ity/-itty, -io, -ion, -ify, -ise/-ize, -ible, -ive, -ing, -ish, -ia, -ial, -ie, -ical, -ile, -ine, -ily, -ious, -issime, -iste, -ice

-ly, -less, -lic, -lia

-ment, -mik, -my, -mia, -misia

-num, -ness, -nem, -no

-or, -ous, -out, -ocity, -oholic, -orium, -opsy, -onym, -ory, -oire

-phy, -path, -pathy, -phile, -philia, -pia, -phobia, -phone, -pnea

-que

-rio, -ris, -rise

-ship, -s, -sio, -sion, -sive/-ssive, -sentive, -sect, -some, -sophy, -sophic

-tude, -ty, -tion, -tive, -th, -tome, -tile/-tyle

-um, -us, -ual

-ward, -ware, -wise

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Gothic terms of endearment

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My agony, my anguish, my affliction

My black bird, my (best) beloved

My cure, my curse, my crow, my curious corvid, my calamity

My darling, my dearest, my desire, my desperation, my deadly viper, my delight, my dear (one), my dove

My heart, my heart's desire, my heart's coffin, my heart's queen/king, my heart's gleam

My joy

My lethal venom, my lullaby

My moonlight

My nightmare, my nightshade

My oath, my own hearts root

My poison, my peerless paramour

My rose, my raven, my reaper

My sorrow, my sweet(est) (one), my Sweeting

My torment, my treasure

The absence of my pain

The cure to my heartache

The one I delight in, the one who gives me pleasure

Amor/amour, adoration

Culver

Dear heart, dereworthy heart

Miting

Alts to "boyfriend/girlfriend", inspired by @rwuffles posts!

Not exclusively romantic!

*Amate / Afriend / Adate / Afiend, **Amourdate / Amormate / Amourfriend / Amorfiend, Artfriend

Bloomdate, Blossommate, Budfriend / Budmate, Beefriend, Bondmate / Bondfriend / Bonddate, Bookmate

Courtdate*** / Courtmate / Courtfriend / Courtfiend

Datefiend

Firefriend, Flowerfriend, Fiendfriend / Fiendmate / Fienddate, Flirtfriend / Flirtmate / Flirtdate / Flirtfiend

Linkfriend / Linkmate / Linkdate / Linkfiend

Pyrfriend, Pyromate, Persuedmate

Questmate / Questdate / Questfriend / Questfeind

Steadyfriend, ****Sparkmate, Sirenfriend, Scoutmate, Souldate, Sweetmate

Trystmate / Trystdate / Trystfriend / Trystfiend

Vampmate

Woofriend / Woomate / Woodate / Woofiend

*aspec intended

**amour/amor being french or Spanish for love

***while it is using court in the "to court someone" sense, I'd be careful using it due to possibly sounding like you might have a date you're going to court which can confuse people who don't know the context

****from transformers, I really like it

Diphorian: An alternative term to the word "binary", encompassing being a man/boy or a woman/girl. For example, someone may be a diphorian man or a diphorian woman. Someone may consider themselves to be demidiphorian, or they may be bigender with one diphorian gender and one exterian gender.

This term comes from the Greek di meaning "two" and phor meaning "bearing" or "carrying" (similar to the root word from aphorian.)

I made two flags. The diagonal striped one is inspired by the miderian flag, which has diagonal stripes as well. I didn't go with the traditionally gendered pink and blue and instead, I borrowed colors from my gynine and andrine flags. These are separated by gray and white to show not only a dichotomy of sorts, but to represent how even these two genders may vary. The flag with the horizontal stripes was made so it's easier to edit or recolor.

Other alternative gender terms can be found here on my Wiki.

Sure!

Catfriend / catfiend / catdate / catmate, clawmate / clawdate / clawfriend / clawfiend

Catnip

Hissmate / hissdate / hissfriend / hissfiend*

Hunt(ing)-mate / hunt(ing)-partner

Kitmate / kitdate / kitfriend / kitfiend, kittyfriend / kittyfiend / kittymate / kittydate, kittenfriend / kittenfiend / kittendate / kittenmate**

Meowmate / meowdate / meowfriend / meowfiend

Nyamate / nyadate / nyafriend / nyafiend

(cat)nap-partner

Purrfriend / purrdate / purrmate / purrfiend, pawfriend / pawmate / pawdate / pawfiend***

Sunspot

Whiskerfriend / whiskermate / whiskerdate / whiskerfiend

*could work in a snake theme too

**also works for a rabbit/bunny theme