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)
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."
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
Person term	human
Immature Person term	child
Formal Address term	friend
Offspring term	child
Sibling term	sib
Parent term	progenitor

Note: This gender uses the bare indicative, so these terms will never be called, preferring to refer to the object as "it" instead.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Objective	it
Possessive Adjective	its
Substantive Possessive	its
Reflexive	itself
Pseudo-plural	no

They/Them/Their

Subjective	they
Objective	them
Possessive Adjective	their
Substantive Possessive	theirs
Reflexive	themself
Pseudo-plural	yes

Plural/They/Them/Their

Subjective	they
Objective	them
Possessive Adjective	their
Substantive Possessive	theirs
Reflexive	themselves
Pseudo-plural	no

He/Him/His

Subjective	he
Objective	him
Possessive Adjective	his
Substantive Possessive	his
Reflexive	himself
Pseudo-plural	no

She/Her

Subjective	she
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
Objective	em
Possessive Adjective	eir
Substantive Possessive	eirs
Reflexive	emself
Pseudo-plural	no

Sie/Hir

Subjective	sie
Objective	hir
Possessive Adjective	hir
Substantive Possessive	hirs
Reflexive	hirself
Pseudo-plural	no

Xe/Xem/Xyr

Subjective	xe
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
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 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
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.