Pronoun game

The pronoun game is the phrase used to describe the attempts used by someone not to use a gender specific pronoun in describing or identifying their partner or lover to a third person. It is especially prevalent in LGBT circles where the speaker does not know how the person hearing about their partner or lover might respond to this knowledge.

Examples can be using the singular they, using phrases such as my other half or my significant other, or the persons name where it isn't sex or gender-specific.

As well as being a "game" not to tell someone else the gender of the person they are seeing, it can also be a game by those listening to the conversation in trying to make the person give the information away.