How To Coin A Xenonatured Term

Welcome to **how to coin a xenonatured term**! In this article, we will go over term coinage and naming recommendations for your *xenonatured* term. Also this article will provide a little bit of history and examples for terms too. We will also go over how to format your term's definitions, dos and donts. Now that the introduction is out of the way, lets get into it...

## Xenonatured Suffix

One of the most important things when it comes to naming your term is the suffix. All *xenonatured* terms must end in "-*natured*" as that is very important. It has been like that since the beginning of *xenonantures*. *AGeneric\_User* first introduced this when creating xenonatured originally. In their coinage post, when they coined some umbrella terms, you can see they all end in "-*natured*". This was to keep in uniform with the name as well as make them identify able.

Some examples include: *Animal**natured***, *Moon**natured***, and *Snail**natured***

## Naming Rule Of Thumb

When it comes to naming there's just a few suggestions and recommendations. Naming is something that is very flexible and usually up to the coiner, so with that in mind, lets go over naming ideas.

It is common practice to name your term directly after the thing it is based on. An example being ***book**natured*, a *xenonatured* term about books. Sometimes, however, words for things can get really long. In order to prevent absurdly long names, two methods are used. First method is just shortening the word like ***subcult**natured*, "*subcult*-" being the shorten version of "subculture". The other method of this would be an acronym of the word put in front of "-*natured*", such as ***HTTYD**natured* or ***SU**natured*.

Now when it comes to naming terms with a type or specification, usually there is what is called a modifier. A modifier tends to be right before the term itself sometimes with solely a space or with a hyphen in between. An example of these would be ***grey wolf**natured* and ***pm-colorsplash**natured*, it doesnt matter if you actually include the hyphen or not as that is entirely optional.

## Definition Formatting

It is pretty flexible when it comes to defining your term, however, the definition must include "strong connection" and "to the point is becomes a part" as those are essential to *xenonatures*. You can word it a few ways, this includes:

*Withournatured*: "when you have such *a strong connection* to witching hour (or the devil’s hour) *to the point it becomes* *a part* of you." -*kenoinevibe*, *tumblr*.

*Mothnatured*: "a term for when you have *a strong connection* to moths *to the point it becomes* *a part* of you." -*luvlybunii*, *tumblr*.

*Paranatured*: "a xenonatured term refering to someone who has *a strong connection* to their paras *to the point it becomes* *a part* of you." -*Fairyrose200*, *Reddit*.

*Hollyleafnatured*: "having such *a strong connection* to the character Hollyleaf from Warriors that *it becomes* *part* of your identity." -*HitTheTarget\_98*, *Reddit*.

These are just a few examples but formatting is, as one can see, relatively similar despite the differences. Sometimes the coiner will say "one/oneself" instead of "you/yourself" or any other combo. Theres some flexibility when it comes to formatting but not a whole lot. That being said, here are some *do not dos*:

* Do *not* imply or say it effects the whole or core identity. *xenonatures* are a part, literally, not a whole. If not clarified, someone who is *alterhuman* (like *otherkin*, *therian*, etc) may accidently attribute their feelings to being *xenonatured* rather than them being alterhuman.
* Do *not* coin something around one's orientation, race, ethnicity, gender, assigned sex, or neurological type. *Xenonatures* are something you become, not what you already are.
* Do *not* coin something around a slur or anything intended to be offensive.
* *Try not to* coin something that has already been coin. Its okay if its an accident, it happens, but doing it on purpose is not okay. Although nothing can be really done about it if you/we are not the coiner of the post, however this wiki will correct any issues on our own pages in regards to a term.

## How To Make It Official

Once you have the name and definition down, just share it somewhere (like on social media or here on *Xenonature Wiki*) in order for it to be out there in the world. Sure you could keep it to yourself but then it likely will never be known and somebody else may coin the exact same thing and override your coinage. Whatever you as the coiner end up doing, we hope it goes well.

## Summary

Naming is pretty much up to the coiner however, its important to include the suffix. Theres a few ways somebody can name a term but what the name ends up being is up to the individual. When it comes to coining a term, the definition is a little flexible but there are a few key words/phrases to include. Also it is important to keep in mind about what youre coining and how best to go about it. There's a few things not to do but otherwise its free ranged.

Hopefully this tutorial helped you, the reader, out. Now go have fun coining terms!

## Pages To Check Out

* *What Are Xenonatures?*

* *How To Make: Symbol*

* *How To Make: Flags*

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231103155505/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenoNatured/comments/r95lig/info\_about\_xenonatures/?rdt=54829
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/XenoNatured/comments/r95lig/info\_about\_xenonatures/
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231103165759/https://www.tumblr.com/kenoinevibe/724472054753247232/withournatured-a-witching-hour-xenonatured?source=share
4. ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/kenoinevibe/724472054753247232/withournatured-a-witching-hour-xenonatured?source=share
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231103170148/https://luvlybunii.tumblr.com/post/717134418287951872/%E0%AD%A8-%E0%AD%A7-mothnatured-a-term-for-when-you-have-a
6. ↑ https://luvlybunii.tumblr.com/post/717134418287951872/%E0%AD%A8-%E0%AD%A7-mothnatured-a-term-for-when-you-have-a
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231103170830/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenoNatured/comments/15b9m5r/paranatured/?rdt=36382
8. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/XenoNatured/comments/15b9m5r/paranatured/
9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231103171346/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenoNatured/comments/146g9gq/warrior\_cat\_natures/?rdt=40706
10. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/XenoNatured/comments/146g9gq/warrior\_cat\_natures/