I have been a lurker in the doll community as a whole but since the pandemic I have joined various communities and even follow brands on rednote ( Chinese social media)
I have noticed the following terms used
Doll
Sex doll
Love doll
Robot wife
Synthetic companion
Airplane cup ( one of the terms for minis)
And of course in china it’s funny when the say BJD for the love dolls it seems to cause some heat.
So let me ask our little community at a whole what do we call our dolls as a whole.
I’ve used: doll, love doll, sex doll, lover, life-sized action figure, mannequin with benefits. Mostly love doll. Or as @quillurion said, just their name - like: Gracie Bardot, Neytiri, Miss K, Aniyah, Storm …
Can’t remember the last time I referred to them as dolls. I just say “my girls” or use their name. They are so much a part of my life now that doll just seems inadequate. It does help that all my friends and the little family I have all know about them