Gender and Pronouns
This is a list of all genders that appear in Genders.xml
and their associated pronouns. Pronouns not associated with a specific gender are pulled from PronounSets.xml
. A table is provided to understand what each row is used for in the context of language.
Plural | Is actually multiple entities. (Pseudo-plural is not truly plural) |
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Person Term | What one of this gender is referred to. |
Immature Term | What an immature/young person of this gender is called. |
Formal Term | What you politely call someone of this gender. |
Offspring Term | What the offspring of this gender are called. |
Sibling Term | What a sibling of this gender is referred to. |
Parent Term | What a parent of this gender is called. |
Subjective | "She went to Grit Gate." |
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Objective | "You are water-bonded with him." |
Possessive Adjective | "Her Issachar rifle rusted." |
Substantive Possessive | "Kindrish is hers." |
Reflexive | "He can only blame himself for eating the Cloaca Surprise." |
Pseudo-Plural | "Sam needs to drink some water because they are dehydrated." vs. "Sam needs to drink some water because she is dehydrated." |
Genders
Neuter
Default Pronouns: It/its
Plural | no |
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Person term | human |
Immature Person term | child |
Formal Address term | friend |
Offspring term | child |
Sibling term | sib |
Parent term | progenitor |
Neuter character of note: Euclid
Neuter-exclusive creatures of note: mimic, pulsed field magnet, memory eater, decarbonizer, galgal
Base gender for: Insects, Crabs, Fish, Spiders, Clams, Worms, Star Krakens, Urchins
Nonspecific
Default Pronouns: They/Them/Their
Plural | no |
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Person term | human |
Immature Person term | child |
Formal Address term | friend |
Offspring term | child |
Sibling term | sib |
Parent term | progenitor |
Nonspecific characters of note: Neek, Shem -1, Mayor Haddas, Warden Une, Rainwater Shomer
Male
Default pronouns: He/Him/His
Plural | no |
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Person term | man |
Immature Person term | boy |
Formal Address term | friend |
Offspring term | son |
Sibling term | brother |
Parent term | father |
Male character of note: Saad Amus, the Sky-Bear
Male-exclusive creatures of note: boar, apple farmer
Female
Default pronouns: She/Her
Plural | no |
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Person term | woman |
Immature Person term | girl |
Formal Address term | friend |
Offspring term | daughter |
Sibling term | sister |
Parent term | mother |
Female character of note: Tillifergaewicz
Female-exclusive creatures of note: snailmother, fire ant queen, miner Mk I II III, apple farmer's daughter
Base gender for: Miners
Plural
Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their
Plural | yes |
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Person term | people |
Immature Person term | children |
Formal Address term | friends |
Offspring term | children |
Sibling term | sibs |
Parent term | progenitors |
Plural-exclusive creatures of note: prism perch
Collective
Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their
Plural | yes |
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Person term | humans |
Immature Person term | children |
Formal Address term | friends |
Offspring term | children |
Sibling term | sibs |
Parent term | progenitors |
Males
Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their
Plural | yes |
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Person term | men |
Immature Person term | boys |
Formal Address term | friends |
Offspring term | sons |
Sibling term | brothers |
Parent term | fathers |
Females
Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their
Plural | yes |
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Person term | women |
Immature Person term | girls |
Formal Address term | friends |
Offspring term | daughters |
Sibling term | sisters |
Parent term | mothers |
Females characters of note: Wardens Esther
Hindren Male
Default Pronouns: He/Him/His
Plural | no |
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Person term | man |
Immature Person term | faun |
Formal Address term | buck |
Offspring term | son |
Sibling term | brother |
Parent term | father |
Hindren Male characters of note: Kesehind, Angohind
Hindren Female
Default Pronouns: She/Her
Plural | no |
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Person term | woman |
Immature Person term | faun |
Formal Address term | my doe |
Offspring term | daughter |
Sibling term | sister |
Parent term | mother |
Hindren Female character of note: Agate Severance Star
Hartind
Default pronouns: They/Them/Their
Plural | no |
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Person term | hartind |
Immature Person term | faun |
Formal Address term | hartind |
Offspring term | child |
Sibling term | sibling |
Parent term | parent |
Hartind character of note: Lulihart, hindren pariah
Elverson
Default pronouns: Ey/Em/Eir
Plural | no |
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Person term | person |
Immature Person term | child |
Formal Address term | friend |
Offspring term | child |
Sibling term | sibling |
Parent term | parent |
Elverson character of note: Vivira
Base gender for: Mopango
Pronouns
It/Its
Subjective | it |
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Objective | it |
Possessive Adjective | its |
Substantive Possessive | its |
Reflexive | itself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
They/Them/Their
Subjective | they |
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Objective | them |
Possessive Adjective | their |
Substantive Possessive | theirs |
Reflexive | themself |
Pseudo-plural | yes |
Plural/They/Them/Their
Subjective | they |
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Objective | them |
Possessive Adjective | their |
Substantive Possessive | theirs |
Reflexive | themselves |
Pseudo-plural | no |
He/Him/His
Subjective | he |
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Objective | him |
Possessive Adjective | his |
Substantive Possessive | his |
Reflexive | himself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
She/Her
Subjective | she |
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Objective | her |
Possessive Adjective | her |
Substantive Possessive | hers |
Reflexive | herself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
Characters of note that use She/Her: Q Girl, Yla Haj
Ey/Em/Eir
Subjective | ey |
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Objective | em |
Possessive Adjective | eir |
Substantive Possessive | eirs |
Reflexive | emself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
Sie/Hir
Subjective | sie |
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Objective | hir |
Possessive Adjective | hir |
Substantive Possessive | hirs |
Reflexive | hirself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
Xe/Xem/Xyr
Subjective | xe |
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Objective | xem |
Possessive Adjective | xyr |
Substantive Possessive | xyrs |
Reflexive | xemself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
Characters of note that use Xe/Xem/Xyr: Asphodel, Earl of Omonporch, Sixshrew, Frondzie
Ze/Zir
Subjective | ze |
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Objective | zir |
Possessive Adjective | zir |
Substantive Possessive | zirs |
Reflexive | zirself |
Pseudo-plural | no |
Trivia
- There is an option in the code which allows newly animated objects (from Spray-a-Brain or a nano-neuro animator) to generate an entirely new neogender and neopronouns, but it is currently disabled.
- Oboroqoru, Ape God's gender is male, but He has a unique set of pronouns and titles befitting His status as a god (note the capitalization):
Subjective | He |
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Objective | Him |
Possessive Adjective | His |
Substantive Possessive | His |
Reflexive | Himself |
Pseudo-plural | No |
Person Term | god |
Immature Person term | godling |
Formal Address term | lord |
Offspring term | Son |
Sibling term | Brother |
Parent term | Father |
This pronoun set is only used by Oboroqoru, Ape God and is not defined in Genders.xml
or PronounSets.xml
.
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