aro-ace

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See also: aroace, aro ace, and aro/ace

English

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Etymology

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From aro (clipping of aromantic) +‎ ace (clipping of asexual).

Adjective

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aro-ace (comparative more aro-ace, superlative most aro-ace)

  1. (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

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aro-ace (plural aro-aces)

  1. (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.

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