CGS occurs when fauxhemian parents give their
child some kind of peculiar and difficult-to-escape legacy derived from their particular brand of fauxhemianism.
The most common legacy is a "unique" (bizarre)
name, or respelling of a common name, that they are convinced will identify the
child as "creative" (pretentious) or "special" (too stupid to spell her own name). Examples of the first include "
Dakota Cheyenne", "Iriniel Moonchilde", or anything Elvish or Klingon; examples of the second include "Cymberliy", "Djennifr", and "Padraigh" (unless one or both parents actually are native Irish and/or speak Gaelic).
Other legacies include odd religious traditions (say, Raelianism, or, Invisible Pink
Unicorn help us all, Scientology); teaching the
child an invented language such as Quenya, Klingon, or Lojban as hir native tongue; and attempting to raise a non-intersex child as an androgyne.
Your
name is ... what? How do you pronounce, um, that? How do you
even _spell_ that? 'tlhIHuQ miHan'? Oh. Do you mind if I call you '
Dave'?" -- "Mrs. Haney, she's got Congenital Fauxhemian Syndrome. We just call her 'Stevie'.
