Nounself pronouns: Difference between revisions

nah, neo in neopronoun means NEW what’s so hard to understand? they are NEW pronouns not already in the english vocab...they are neopronouns, y’all just came up with this “nounself” bs for what? they’re neopronouns lol.

Starting in late 2013<ref>{{cite journal|title=Nounself pronouns: 3rd person personal pronouns as identity expression|last=Miltersen|first= E.H.|journal=Journal of Language Works - Sprogvidenskabeligt Studentertidsskrift|url=https://tidsskrift.dk/lwo/article/view/23431|year=2016}}</ref>, a community of nonbinary gender people on the social blogging site Tumblr.com offered the idea of "nounself pronouns." (Some call these "otherkin pronouns," but few [[otherkin]] use them, and not all using them are otherkin.) Some of the earliest nounself pronouns are "fae, fae, faer, faers, faeself" derived from fae or faeries, and "bun, bun, buns, buns, bunself" derived from bunny. During 2014, the community proposed about a hundred variations of such pronouns, and many were adopted as the pronouns of particular nonbinary people, and see actual use.

As of 2016, fae pronouns are by far the most represented of any kind of the nounself pronouns, with bun pronouns coming in second, judging by the 2016 Nonbinary Stats survey.<ref name="survey">[http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results], March 2016.</ref>Many other nounself pronouns never showed up in any surveys of what pronouns nonbinary people really use.

| ''aqua'' laughs || — || ''aquas'' heart warmed || that is ''aquas'' || aqua loves ''aquariuself'' || Created by Tumblr user togamiscontinentaltie in 2014.<ref name="zodiac">[http://yaypronouns.tumblr.com/post/75456558779/zodiac-pronouns YAY PRONOUNS!: Zodiac pronouns], captured March 2016.</ref> Zodiac themed variation.

| ''bot'' laughs || I hugged ''bot'' || ''bots'' heart warmed || that is ''bots'' || bot loves ''botself'' || Created by Tumblr user plantprincen in 2014, <ref name="askanonbinary">ask a non-binary. "Credit." http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/credit</ref> and independently created by Tumblr user birdfae in 2014.<ref name="frameacloud" /> A robot themed variation.

| ''cancer'' laughs || — || ''cans'' heart warmed || — || cancer loves ''canself'' || Created by Tumblr user togamiscontinentaltie in 2014.<ref name="zodiac" /> Zodiac themed variation (Cancer).<ref name="ungrouped">http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/ungrouped</ref>

| ''cub'' laughs || I hugged ''cub'' || ''cubs'' heart warmed || that is ''cubs'' || cub loves ''cubself'' || Origin unknown. It was likely created by a Tumblr user in 2014. Animal themed variation.<ref name="unthemed">ask a non-binary. "general (unthemed pronouns)." http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/general</ref>

| ''fae'' laughs || I hugged ''faer'' || ''faer'' heart warmed || that is ''faers'' || fae loves ''faerself'' || A fairy (faery, faerie, fey or Fair Folk) themed variation created by Ciel (Tumblr user shadaras) in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 October 2013|title=So I might possibly have spent today on and off prodding pronouns...|url=https://shadaras.tumblr.com/post/62865192916}}</ref> It may also have been independently coined earlier. In the Nonbinary Stats survey in 2016, fae pronouns were the most represented of any nounself pronouns: 4% of people chose fae pronouns.<ref name="survey" />

| ''fel'' laughs || I hugged ''fel'' || ''felis'' heart warmed || that is ''felis'' || fel loves ''feliself'' || Created by Tumblr user genderviking in 2014. <ref name="askanonbinary" /> Feline themed variation.<ref name="feline">http://yaypronouns.tumblr.com/post/75461460005/feline-pronouns</ref>

|''file'' laughs || I hugged ''file'' || ''files'' heart warmed || that is ''files'' ||''file'' loves ''fileself'' || Created by Fractaltetris in 2019.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/digigender/journal/File-Fileself-Pronouns-820102037 File/Fileself Pronouns], from Digigender on DeviantArt.</ref> A robot/computer themed variation.

| ''hart'' laughs || I hugged ''hart'' || ''harts'' heart warmed || that is ''harts'' || hart loves ''hartself'' || A deer themed variation created by genderviking in 2014. <ref name="askanonbinary" /> <ref name="animal">http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/animal</ref>

http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/creature</ref>

| ''mer'' laughs || I hugged ''mer'' || ''mers'' heart warmed || that is ''mers'' || mer loves ''merself'' || Created by Tumblr user boyghostly in 2014.<ref name="compile">{{cite web|url=https://genderqueer-dream.tumblr.com/post/185570931020/i-need-to-compile-this-omgggggggg |title=I NEED TO COMPILE THIS OMGGGGGGGG |author=hyaenahart }}</ref> Independently created by Tumblr user princenstolas in 2014, but with the "mermai" variation.<ref name="frameacloud" /> Sea or mermaid themed pronouns.<ref>http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/nature</ref>

|''qwe'' laughs || I hugged ''qwer'' || ''qwer'' heart warmed || that is ''qwers'' || ''qwe'' loves ''qwertyself'' || Created by Fractaltetris in 2020.  Based on the first row on a computer keyboard.<ref>[https://fractaltetris.carrd.co/ Fractal Database Tetris] (personal website)</ref>