Clouds Term Collection

Welcome to the Clouds-coined glossary! Here you will find all terms coined by the Clouds System.
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DID/OSDD Terms

Alter Roles

  • Catalyst (counterpart to Inhibitor)
    An alter who primarily enables, encourages, and/or provides motivation to do things they desire; descriptors can be added as necessary: i.e. negative catalyst, psychosis catalyst, exercise catalyst

  • Daukarrosian
    An alter who helps the system/another alter cope with death, in any way. Not necessarily—but similar to—a protector.

  • Dysphoject/Dysject
    An alter formed to help cope in regards to one’s gender dysphoria through being able to explore what evokes one’s gender dysphoria via expression, pronouns, identity, etc from a safe distance.

  • Dysphotive/Dystive
    An introject of one’s gender dysphoria created to help in regards to one’s gender dysphoria.

  • Holikarrosian
    An alter who helps the system/another alter cope with a holiday, in any way. Not necessarily—but similar to—a protector.

  • Inhibitor (counterpart to Catalyst)
    An alter who primarily disables, discourages, and/or removes motivation to do things they do not desire; descriptors can be added as necessary: i.e. positive inhibitor, anxiety inhibitor, sleep inhibitor

Miscellaneous Terms

  • Enaphantasia
    aphantasia that causes difficulty or inability to visualize the headspace

  • Teresysfluid
    a traumagenic system whose gender changes depending on what alter(s) is fronting/close to front

Gender Identities

  • Excitipupian
    A gender related to dogs, puppies, excitement, and puplike excitement. This gender encompasses feeling excited and happy, like a puppy greeting its family when they return home or seeing them pick up a toy to play with.

  • Imagegender
    One's gender is a certain image. Different from being described with images (picgender), in that their gender is literally that image.

  • Loviokenolux
    a kenoluxine gender related to an awe-inspiring, fear-inducing capacity, and intense desire to protect loved ones to the point of committing acts of violence to whatever scale deemed necessary, and the enjoyment of carrying out those acts.

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  • Pokopipocharic
    A gender related to the Pokopipo characters. See subgenders below. Click the flags to enlarge!

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Based on the Daedric deities and entities from The Elder Scrolls. They are all non-binary in nature.

  • Azuraian
    a gender that fluctuates with the balance of night and day, light and dark, as well as mystery and magic, fate and prophecy.

  • Boethiahian
    a gender related to deceit, secrecy, conspiracy, treason, unlawful overthrow of authority, and violence.

  • Clavicusian
    a gender related to power, trickery, wishes, serenity, and bargains.

  • Hermaeusian
    a gender related to knowledge and memory, of the past and future as read in the stars and heavens, and seeking to possess all helpful and destructive knowledge.

  • Hircinean
    a gender related to hunt, sport, and the Great Game to chase and sacrifice mortals. Can also be tied to lycanthropy.

  • Jyggalagian
    a gender related to logical order and deduction, certainty and determinism, and upholding strict order above all else.

  • Malacathian
    a gender related to being spurned and ostracized, resilience through conflict, and community. Can also be tied to orcs.

  • Mehrunesian
    a gender related to destruction, violent upheaval, change, revolution, energy, ambition, and hatred for mortals.

  • Mephalaian
    a gender related to lies, secrets, manipulation, discord, and seduction.

  • Meridian
    a gender related to the obscure energy of all living things, and honoring the cycle of life and death.

  • Molagian
    a gender related to the domination and enslavement of mortals, and the harvesting and consuming of their souls.

  • Namiraian
    a gender related to ancient darkness, shadows, spirits, decay, and all things considered repulsive.

  • Nocturnalian
    a gender related to night, darkness, shadows, secrets, strife, and luck.

  • Peryitian
    a gender related to pestilence, plagues, and diseases.

  • Sanguinian
    a gender tied to hedonism, pleasure, debauchery, indulging in one’s darker nature (lust, sin, sloth, gluttony, and greed).

  • Sheogorathian
    a gender tied to madness/insanity, uncontrollability, unpredictability, and the juxtaposition between the positive and negative aspects of mental health. Exclusive to those who are neurodivergent and/or have mental illness.

  • Vaerminaian
    a gender tied to dreams and nightmares, memories, evil omens, and psychological terror and torment.


  • Daedrian
    a gender tied to Daedra from The Elder Scrolls.

  • Atronachian
    a gender tied to Daedric Atronachs. Subgenders: Air, Ash, Iron, Flame, Flesh, Frost, Storm

  • Dremoraian/Kynian
    a gender tied to Daedric Dremora (refer to themselves as Kyn), connected to Mehrunes Dagon, Molag Bal, and/or Malacath.

  • Aurealian
    a gender tied to Daedric Golden Saints (also called Aureals), connected to Sheogorath, opposed to Mazkenian.

  • Mazkenian
    a gender tied to Daedric Dark Seducers (also called Mazken), connected to Sheogorath, opposed to Aurealian.

  • Orderian
    a gender tied to Daedric Knights of Order, connected to Jyggalag.

  • Auroranian
    a gender tied to Daedric Aurorans, connected to Meridia, Azura, and Sheogorath.

  • Xivilaian
    a gender tied to Daedric Xivilai, connected to Mehrunes Dagon.

  • Xivkynian
    a gender tied to Daedric Xivkyns, fusions of Dremora and Xivilai, connected to Molag Bal.

  • Daedrothian
    a gender tied to Daedric Daedroth, connected to Molag Bal.

  • Clannfearian
    a gender tied to Daedric Clannfear, summoned by Xivilai and thus connected to Mehrunes Dagon.

Pronoun Sets

Pleopronoun Sets

ii/iim/iis/iis/iimselfExampleCase
iiIi has a wonderful personality.Nominative
iimI could talk to iim all day.Accusative
iisIi forgot iis jacket.Pronominal Possessive
iisThat smile of iis really makes me happy.Predicative Possessive
iimselfIi doesn't talk about iimself much.Reflexive
  • Pronounced "ee" (key), "eem" (seem), "ees" (bees), "eemself"

ny/nym/nyr/nyx/nymselfExampleCase
nyNy has a wonderful personality.Nominative
nymI could talk to nym all day.Accusative
nyrNy forgot nyr jacket.Pronominal Possessive
nyxThat smile of nyx really makes me happy.Predicative Possessive
nymselfNy doesn't talk about nymself much.Reflexive
  • Pronounced "nee" (key), "nim" (nimble), "near", "nicks", "nimself"


Nounself Pronoun Sets

cor/cors/corros/corros/corrosiveselfExampleCase
corCor has a wonderful personality.Nominative
corsI could talk to cors all day.Accusative
corrosCor forgot corros jacket.Pronominal Possessive
corrosThat smile of corros really makes me happy.Predicative Possessive
corrosiveselfCor doesn't talk about corrosiveself much.Reflexive
cor/cors/corrus/corrus/corruptselfExampleCase
corCor has a wonderful personality.Nominative
corsI could talk to cors all day.Accusative
corrusCor forgot corrus jacket.Pronominal Possessive
corrusThat smile of corrus really makes me happy.Predicative Possessive
corruptselfCor doesn't talk about corruptself much.Reflexive
hy/hyp/hyper/hypers/hyperselfExampleCase
hyHy has a wonderful personality.Nominative
hypI could talk to hyp all day.Accusative
hyperHy forgot hyper jacket.Pronominal Possessive
hypersThat smile of hypers really makes me happy.Predicative Possessive
hyperselfHy doesn't talk about hyperself much.Reflexive
  • Pronounced "high", "hype", [rest as written].

wi/with/wither/withers/witherselfExampleCase
wiWi has a wonderful personality.Nominative
witheI could talk to withe all day.Accusative
witherWi forgot wither jacket.Pronominal Possessive
withersThat smile of withers really makes me happy.Predicative Possessive
witherselfWi doesn't talk about witherself much.Reflexive