Custopronominal is an umbrella term for any pronouns specific to a certain culture, country, location, language, etc. Some examples of this includes:
- Someone who uses pronouns of a specific language, such as an English-speaking non-binary person who uses he/him.
- Someone who uses pronouns of another language, such as a Japanese-speaking genderqueer person who uses the Portugese pronoun "elx."
- A location that has a third gender and has a pronoun specific to that gender.
- A fictional world that uses different pronouns than the real world does.
History
Custopronominal was coined by Cryptocrew on February 9th of 2021 in order to describe the experiences of one of their alters and of their characters.
Flag
The custopronominal flag was coined by Cryptocrew on February 9th of 2021. Dark green represents countries and locations, light green represents unity and community, dark blue represents language and speech, light blue represents peace and joy, off-white represents writing and pronoun usage, white represents the gender spectrum, black represents the lack of gender, dark purple represents connection between pronouns and genders, while light purple represents disconnect between pronouns and gender.
Etymology
Custo comes from the word custom as these pronouns are custom to specific locations or languages.