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Attitudes towards coining new gender terminology vary. Some circles on [[Tumblr|Tumblr,]] particularly ones that self-identify as MOGAI, have a positive attitude towards coining new language, and many people contribute to these communities through their inventions. Other nonbinary-inclusive communities like the [[Transyada]] forum have many members who hold a pro-coining attitude.<ref name=":0">tamara-the-muse. "The adventures of Anne and the Shiny New Gender Word(s)". 30 December 2010. Livejournal.com. </ref><ref>A Long Time Ago. December 13 2010. <nowiki>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/729/#comment-1734942</nowiki></ref> One member wrote of her fondness for the practiceː<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>One of my favorite parts of being queer is this culture of making up your own identities. Stringing words together into long chains of gender/orientation identities that are nicely tailored to an individual and that fit exactly, instead of just shoving ourselves into the closest fitting box and pretending it fits. There are modifiers and contradictions and things that seem redundant but aren't and at the end of it all a person has a nice phrase that defines them exactly as they wish to be defined. If you don't like existing words, you take them apart and recombine them in interesting and different ways to get something that fits.* When you like words and labels as much as I do, being able to do that is something of a godsend.  </blockquote>On the other hand, some people hold anti-coining attitudes. They may see creating new gender language as unnecessary or feel that it fractures a potential sense of belonging or solidarity between people who use a more general label like [[nonbinary]]. Others object to coining new terms on the grounds that cis people may perceive new and unfamiliar language in negative ways and see trans people as less legitimate by association. Transmedicalists are generally against coining new gender terms.