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* '''Bitsy.''' Non-standard [[genderqueer]] term for a very young person.<ref name="titles queeries" />
* '''Bitsy.''' Non-standard [[genderqueer]] term for a very young person.<ref name="titles queeries" />
* '''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.
*'''Chitlin.''' A way of saying child, often{{citation needed}} used when referring to a nonbinary child. (More commonly means "pig intestines.")<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitlins|title=Definition of CHITLINS|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2021-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513071256/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitlins|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* '''Dependent.''' A person who relies on another-- usually a family member who may or may not be their parent-- for financial support; this is most often used as a standard gender-neutral word for a child too young to work. Formal.
* '''Dependent.''' A person who relies on another-- usually a family member who may or may not be their parent-- for financial support; this is most often used as a standard gender-neutral word for a child too young to work. Formal.
* '''Enby.''' From "NB (nonbinary)", a nonbinary equivalent of the words "boy" and "girl." However, some adults call themselves enbies.<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20210717090737/https://gendercensus.com/post/620965788841558016/on-enby-and-age On “enby” and age]'', 15 June 2020, [https://gendercensus.com Gender Census]</ref>
* '''Enby.''' From "NB (nonbinary)", a nonbinary equivalent of the words "boy" and "girl." However, some adults call themselves enbies.<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20210717090737/https://gendercensus.com/post/620965788841558016/on-enby-and-age On “enby” and age]'', 15 June 2020, [https://gendercensus.com Gender Census]</ref>
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