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nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yes it is considered a slur by many people.

Reading your description, does this character need a label? Could you create your own word, like Nelwyn in Willow? Which I realize that is used to describe an entire group. Maybe that word is what is used in your world to describe what we would in real life call a little person.

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SourDragon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

does this character need a label?

Not really, no

Could you create your own word

I like that idea. Maybe a portmanteau of “little person”. Litson? Pertle? I’ll figure something out…

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- actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Poytle
  
  It’s like “Pertle” with a Brooklyn accent.
  
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  - SourDragon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I like that. Poytle.
    
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BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
My first thought was of Tyrion from ASOIAF. I don’t know that he needed a label, but his short stature was relevant to his characters experiences and storyline. I do like the new word OP may have settled on further down the chain, poytle.

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- SourDragon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah, “poytle” has grown on me and I’ve already written it in
  
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