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(this occurred to me when I was reading the he/she topic in Current Events):
There was a person I'll call 'Susan' (not her real name). One of the many strange things about Susan was she got quite ticked off when anyone referred to her without using her actual name- including if she overheard someone mentioning her to someone else. You could never say 'she' or 'her,' or she'd throw a tantrum.
Example: if she overheard you say "I went to Susan's house, but she wasn't there, so I left a message with her mother," she'd insist you repeat it as "I went to Susan's house, but Susan wasn't there, so I left a message with Susan's mother."
This oddity from years ago just occurred to me- is there a word/term/description for this kinda thing?
'Susan' wasn't a child- she was in her early twenties.