• Kin/Kintype - The character(s) that you believe you are/were.
• Kinshift - Your mind/behavior shifts to a certain character, and you believe you were them at that certain time. Behavior can change, and so can speech patterns.
• High Kin - You kinshift to that certain character often, if not most or all of the time. You believe you are that character more than others.
• Medium Kin - You kinshift to that character every once in a while. You believe you are that character sometimes, but other kins will be higher than this one.
• Low Kin - You do not kinshift to this character often. This character will be the lowest you think that character is you.
• Kinmem/Mem - A memory that you may get from one of your Kintypes. It can be anything, from just an idea that you 100% know is true, a feeling, thought, a smell, taste, or physical feeling from your Kintype's life, and even whole "scenes" that can play out in your head. Parts of the canon that you vividly remember from your Kintype's life count as mems as well!
• Syn/Synpath - A character that you heavily relate to.
• Copinglink/C'link/Link/Linktype - A character that you identify with for coping/fun purposes.
• Hearttype - A character that you have a strong connection to without actually identifying as/with that character. This connection can be something like a friend or family.
• Fictionflicker: A Kintype that isn't permanent. It seems to "flicker" in and out of existence if you lose interest in that fandom.
• Selfhood/ID - This is the closest thing to your set identity as your own. You see this character extremely close to yourself, you strongly believe you were this character in a past life. ID and Selfhood mean the same thing.
• Cannon - Your personal timeline that you remeber. Your cannon can be close to the actual cannon, or extremely different.
• Kinnie - An often derogatory term used to make fun of fictionkin. Some fictionkin like the term, others dont.
• Kincall/kincalling - A public post calling for anyone you want to talk to again from your past life.