Oozsteren
Oozsteren is a xenogender identity and umbrella term for identities in which one's gender is centered around nonhuman monsters, control, creating one's own minions, and summoning natural substances to attack or defend oneself, even to the point of becoming a monster as an attack or defense mechanism. The gender has inherent ties to thick liquids, creatures made of goo or ooze, and shades of dull or light purple. The monsters/creatures relating to this umbrella can be living or dead, created by handmade mixtures, or simply conjured out of thin air.
Oozsteren was coined with the Abomination coven from The Owl House in mind, but isn't connected to it inherently.
Terminology
Terminology related to oozsteren includes:[1]
- Sterenity: equivalent of masculinity/femininity
- Sterenitine: equivalent of masculine/feminine
- Goozer: an oozsteren person
- OOZSiN: oozsteren-in-nature
- Ozstic: gender alignment
- Oobleckic (oozsteren4oozsteren, goozerLgoozer): an oozsteren person being attracted to another oozsteren person.
- Tranoozstic: transitioning into sterenity
- Ooxture: an oozstic gender
History
Both oozsteren flags were designed by Tumblr user en8y on August 27, 2023.[1]
Etymology
The term's name comes from the words "ooze" and "monster", and is pronounced OOZ-stehr-en. The term oobleckic (see Terminology) originates from the word "oobleck", referring to a non-Newtonian fluid.[1]