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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet Poppet].''' British endearment for a child or young woman. | *'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet Poppet].''' British endearment for a child or young woman. | ||
* '''Sprog.''' Neutral, crude word for a young person.<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Sprog.''' Neutral, crude word for a young person.<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||
* '''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprout Sprout.]''' | * '''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprout Sprout.]''' A young growing child, can refer to a plant. Can refer to Professor Sprout frm Harry Potter | ||
* '''Youth.''' Neutral, poetic word for a young person, but usually implied to be male. | * '''Youth.''' Neutral, poetic word for a young person, but usually implied to be male. | ||
* '''Young.''' Neutral, standard word for offspring, but not usually used for people ("my young.") | * '''Young.''' Neutral, standard word for offspring, but not usually used for people ("my young.") | ||