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* '''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.") | ||
* '''Youngest.''' Neutral, a way of speaking of one's offspring by saying "my youngest" rather than saying "my daughter/son."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Youngest.''' Neutral, a way of speaking of one's offspring by saying "my youngest" rather than saying "my daughter/son."<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||
* '''Youngling.''' Gender neutral term for young children (from Star Wars). | * '''Youngling.''' Gender neutral term for young children (best known from Star Wars, but also attended centuries earlier, with reference to a male [baby Jesus] in the lyrics of The Coventry Carol). | ||
* '''Youngster.''' A word for a child, usually older than "baby" and a few years younger than "adult". | * '''Youngster.''' A word for a child, usually older than "baby" and a few years younger than "adult". | ||
* '''Young one.''' Neutral, poetic. | * '''Young one.''' Neutral, poetic. | ||