#gendered terms

Pseudogirl — an term for when one is like a girl, but isn't. they may have traits or characteristics commonly associated with girls, while not actually being a girl.

Pseudoboy — an term for when one is like a boy, but isn't. they may have traits or characteristics commonly associated with boys, while not actually being a boy.

Please use neutral and non-human terms on this [noun]

like technically one of those does apply to me, but i won’t use it to describe myself of my own volition cuz the implications are so binarily gendered. like- no, im neither a man nor a woman, thank you very much.

those words absolutely can and should be used for anyone who wants them and feel it applies! but not all transfems are women and not all transmascs are men.

sam patching up darlin <3

(darlin uses she/they)

(tank/darlin is both fem and masc)

i love sam and darlin 😭😭😭

@caramel-metal <3

Generally fine, thanks for asking! I feel like it would be a bit weird as a noun, like if someone said "this dude I know named Marzi thinks that..." but as a direct term of address ("dude, this stall has Bradley and Hubbard oil lamps, already wired up!") it's completely fine. maybe because the latter acts more like an exclamation, in my mind, and those tend to be gender-neutral?