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Some of these gender-inclusive or gender-queer words refer only to relationship (as in daughter, son, or offspring), others only to age (girl, boy, or young one), and some to both (children). Alphabetical order. | Some of these gender-inclusive or gender-queer words refer only to relationship (as in daughter, son, or offspring), others only to age (girl, boy, or young one), and some to both (children). Alphabetical order. | ||
* '''Baby.''' Standard neutral word for very young offspring or very young people. | * '''Baby.''' Standard neutral word for very young offspring or very young people, often younger than one year old. | ||
* '''Bitsy.''' Non-standard [[genderqueer]] term for a very young person.<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | * '''Bitsy.''' Non-standard [[genderqueer]] term for a very young person.<ref>"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles]</ref> | ||
* '''Charge.''' Standard gender neutral word for a person in the care of another, often one's child. | * '''Charge.''' Standard gender neutral word for a person in the care of another, often one's child. | ||