quoiromantic

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French quoi (“what”) + romantic. Coined as a non-vulgar synonym of WTFromantic.

Adjective

quoiromantic (comparative more quoiromantic, superlative most quoiromantic)

1. (rare, neologism) Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.

   Synonym: (vulgar, humorous) WTFromantic

   • 2017 February, Paul Byron, Sophia Rasmussen, Dani Wright Toussaint, Roanna Lobo, Kerry Robinson, Brett Paradise, ‘You learn from each other’: LGBTIQ Young People’s Mental Health Help-seeking and the RAD Australia Online Director‎^[1], Sydney: Western Sydney University Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, →DOI, →ISBN, page 31:

     They listened to me and didn't talk about my gender and sexuality issues when I didn't bring it up. They also never said anything rude or judged me for the alternative or feminine clothes I started to wear. (16, agender/man, grey-asexual/sensual, grey-aromantic, demisexual/sensual, demiromantic, sapiosexual/sensual, sapioromantic, lithsexual/sensual, lithromantic, quoiromantic.)

   • 2018, Christina Lang, Intimacy and Desire Through the Lens of an Aro-Ace Woman of Color‎^[2], Bates College, page 69:

     For a while, I thought I might be quoiromantic because of the frustration and confusion I felt about how subjective romantic attraction is.

   • 2018 May – June 30, Ryan A. Miller, “Toward Intersectional Identity Perspectives on Disability and LGBTQ Identities in Higher Education”, in Journal of College Student Development, volume 59, number 3:

     These participants identified on the asexual spectrum, including identities such as asexual (Miranda), demisexual (Desi), and quoiromantic (Jackie).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:quoiromantic.