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* '''Cousin.''' "Neutral, as sometimes people say niece/nephew for cousins’ children, much younger cousins or as a general term for extended family."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Cousin.''' "Neutral, as sometimes people say niece/nephew for cousins’ children, much younger cousins or as a general term for extended family."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||
* '''Nibling.''' Non-standard gender neutral term for "niece/nephew". [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nibling Coined by linguist Samuel E. Martin in 1951 from nephew/niece by analogy with sibling.] | * '''Nibling.''' Non-standard gender neutral term for "niece/nephew". [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nibling Coined by linguist Samuel E. Martin in 1951 from nephew/niece by analogy with sibling.] | ||
* '''Nibblet.''' Term of affection for a young one. Sounds similar to "nibling". Spike called Dawn this in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer BtVS]. | |||
* '''Niecew.''' "Queer, mixture of niece and nephew."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Niecew.''' "Queer, mixture of niece and nephew."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||
* '''Nieph.''' "Queer, mixture of niece and nephew."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Nieph.''' "Queer, mixture of niece and nephew."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||