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- otter ━ (derived from the bear analogy) a term used to define a slim, hairy gay man.
- tarantula ━ a term for those who are hairy with skinnier limbs and a chubbier stomach.
- masconon ━ a term for when one experiences both conforming & non-conforming manhood or masculinity; one who conveys the stereotypical image of masculinity and conforms to those images, yet simultaneously defies those conventions and standards in any way.

other terms
- ptolemaeic ━ a term for one’s overall identity being affected by misogyny and the struggles and ever-present rage of girlhood (regardless of one’s current identification with girlhood) in a way that is represented and encapsulated by the song ptolemaea by ethel cain;
- “Blessed be the Daughters of Cain / Bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception”
- obfuscation ━ a gender connected to the town silent hill itself. this gender could feel foggy, hard to navigate, and may feel like a manifestation of your psyche.
- note: I relate to this more in a way of my general state of being & psyche rather than gender, but still related enough to want to put this term here

note: coiners credited here