aro-ace
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From aro (clipping of aromantic) + ace (clipping of asexual).
Adjective edit
aro-ace (comparative more aro-ace, superlative most aro-ace)
- (slang, neologism) Aromantic and asexual.
- Synonym: ace-aro
- 2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine[1], pages 11–12:
- However, when I came out as aro ace, my experience was one of being strongly 'othered'.
- 2018 December 5, Miriam Francisco, “'Sounds Fake but Okay': Asexuality on Campus”, in The Michigan Daily, The University of Michigan, page 6B:
- As an aro-ace college student, Sarah sometimes worries that her friendliness might be taken as flirtation.
- 2019, Danika Stone, Switchback, unnumbered page:
- Vale turned over the rest of the way. "Ash, I'm aro-ace."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro-ace.
Noun edit
- (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic and asexual.
- 2016 October 19, Megan Swett, “Celebrating Queertober and the LGBT+ community”, in The Journal[2], Springfield: University of Illinois, page 1 & 3:
- Stidham considers herself an "aroace," or an aromantic asexual.
- 2019, Aidan Wayne, Play It Again, unnumbered page:
- “Oh no you fucking won't, if I don't want said virtue. You'll make yourself scarce, like a good sex-repulsed aroace.”
- 2019 August, Grace Christiansen, “Deadman's Hand”, in Debate, page 15:
- Walking through the world as an aro-ace, I experience a sense of isolation in my own feelings, or lack thereof, towards sex.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro-ace.