Singlet
"A person who does not share their body with anyone else; someone who is not in a multiple system." (Dark Personalities, 2001 May 19).
Quick Details
Created By: "B.C." (Astraea's ex-husband)
Time Created: by October 5, 1992
Location Used: Everywhere
Circumstances of Creation
The first documented instance of the use of "singlet" to describe someone who wasn't multiple was on October 5, 1992 by Iris of Astraea on a plural BBS. It is unknown how long the term had been in existence before that. (citation needed once the data can be figured out in these stupid BBS records).
On February 1994, Iris of Astraea went into more detail on the BBS, stating that "B.C. [their ex-husband] started saying 'singlets' and now we all do. :)" (citation needed; same addendum)
Dissemination
Astraea continued using the term "singlet" on alt.support.dissociation (1999, May 26), and it seems to have disseminated into more common use there as a result. Dark Personalities had the term in their glossary by 2001 (May 19), which inspired the Pavilion Hall's own glossary and defintion (2003, July 25), which apparently Astraea then lifted for their own (2003, January 11). From there, the term seems to have spread into general use.
Citations
Astraea [Astraea Household]. (1999, May 26). And the Oscar Goes To... [newsgroup post] Retrieved from https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.support.dissociation/vOici6jDWmY/apKAuv57fb8J
Astraea. (2003, January 11) Glossary [web page]. http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.
Dark Personalities. (2001 May 19). Terminology [web page]. http://darkpersonalities.com/terminology.htm Internet Archive. Retrieved 2019/03/15 from https://web.archive.org/web/20010519115202/http://darkpersonalities.com/terminology.htm
Pavilion Hall. (2003, July 25). Terminology [web page]. http://www.tanuki.cx:80/pavilion/policies/glossary.html Internet Archive. Retrieved 2019/03/15 from https://web.archive.org/web/20030725121142/http://www.tanuki.cx:80/pavilion/policies/glossary.html