flexisexuality

English

Etymology

Blend of flexible +‎ sexuality.

Noun

flexisexuality (uncountable)

1. (neologism) The state of having a flexible sexual orientation or pattern of sexual expression.
   • 2010 November 27, Louise Eccles, “Dawn of the flexisexual: The new word for the women who refuse to play it straight”, in Daily Mail:

     Dr D’Felice admitted flexisexuality had become fashionable as a result of its recent celebrity endorsement, but said it had always existed.

   • 2011 February 23, Susan Donaldson James, “Flexisexual: Girls Who Kiss Girls, But Like Boys”, in ABC News:

     Often, it begins in the enlightened college cocoon, where women can explore their sexuality, though a recent ABC report from San Antonio, Texas, said flexisexuality is also part of the high school culture.

   • 2014 March 14, Rebecca Newman, “Sex? Love? Commitment? The changing face of modern relationships”, in London Evening Standard:

     In fact, a growing proportion of Londoners are overturning the yoke of old-school monogamy and instead investigating the worlds of flexisexuality, of open or group relationships, of Living Apart Together (LAT), mono/non-mono and mono-gamish.