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.