otherlink

English

Noun

otherlink (plural otherlinks)

  1. An otherkin identity adopted as a coping mechanism.
    Synonym: copinglink
    • 2023, Phil Illy, “Autosexuality Beyond Gender”, in Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex[1], Houndstooth Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 447:
      There’s no way to objectively know if a particular alterhuman individual is actually an otherkin, otherkith, or otherlink. As with matters of gender identity, they have to be taken at their word—sometimes quite literally: it might be a word you've never heard before.