Slang / Casual Concepts
- Crungled (adjective, verb crungle)
- [of headmates] Stuck together, tangled, possibly repressed.
- Derived from Crungled ie exhausted, fucked up
- Soup (adjective, noun) - See Crungled.
- Often implies more folks involved with less of an idea of who’s who. A system without a clear front might proclaim “can’t work. Front is soup”
- Also: Smoothie, Blendy, Blurry
- “Gender” (assertion)
- Expressing that something is self-identifiably aesthetically pleasing in a way that aligns with the speaker (and possibly their gender/species - “Species” is also common)
- Backtalk/Backchatter (noun - action)
- To make comments on another headmate or something they said - right after they say it. This can lead to short exchanges where neither headmate is truly speaking “to” eachother, but can still speak their mind (usually with affectionate sass).
- Quotables / System Quotables
- A fronting headmate quoting ‘rogue’ spoken thoughts that don’t align with their speech / aestheticisms (i.e thoughts conceived by headmates in the back), instead of ignoring them as uncharacteristic.
- Someone might type out: “Imagine if dogs had legs” ??? no idea who said that
- Allegory / Allegorical Features
- The parts of the physical body and senses that map the actual features of a headmate. “Allegorical Claws” might be hands, “Allegorical Size” might be an imposing feeling, and so on.
- Also applies to affirming actions (“Allegorical Hoof Stomp” - stomping with boots)
- Weak Front / Strong Front
- A description of both how self-assured a headmate feels in the front, and how well-connected and associated they might feel with the body.
- Also: Weak-ass front, Bastard front
- Summon (verb)
- Bring a particular headmate forward through usually-tried and usually-tested methods like “saying their name” and “listening to music they like” or “trying to eat their favourite food” or “seeing someone they’re friends with”.
- Applies to consensual attempts both internally and externally.
- Also: Grab, Yank.
- Inverse: Kick, Hurl, Slam Dunk (out of front), Shoo away with a broom.
- Anchor, Front-Anchor - See Summon
- An item, person, or activity that helps keep someone keep a (strong) front
- Frontstuck
- Like a front anchor but bad. Any situation where a headmate in the front can’t leave despite wanting to - especially over a long period of time.
- Fronting Fatigue / Exhaustion / “Go the fuck to Bed”
- Headmates that front for a long time or through high-spoon-cost situations (masking, work, emotional drama), may experience a fatigue that isn’t resolved by letting the body sleep, but instead resolved by leaving the front and resting (or literally sleeping in headspace) themselves.
- Fictional Associate / Source Material
- (of a headmate with fuzztive experiences) in reference to the characters or world or property that resonates with them personally.
- Infighting
- (of a system) conflict between headmates
- Re-Meet
- To acquaint yourself with a member of a system you were exposed to (in some sense) during their repression/becrunglement.
- "In My Me" / "In Our Us" / Friend I live with
- Referring to one's own headmates.