quirkyalone

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English

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Etymology

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From quirky +‎ alone, coined by American writer Sasha Cagen in 2000 in a magazine article in Utne Reader.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quirkyalone (plural quirkyalones)

  1. Someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple.
    • 2003, Amelia Borofsky, Jennifer Karlin, editors, ReGeneration: Telling Stories from Our Twenties, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, →ISBN, page 220:
      Rilke is right. Being quirkyalone can be difficult. Everyone else is part of a couple!
    • 2007, Kate Crawford, Adult Themes: Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood, page 103:
      Cagen wrote a short essay about her experience as a “quirkyalone”, and before she knew it, the term was taken up as a badge of pride by thousands.
    • 2012, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
      Other groups emphasize the importance of adult care networks rather than critiquing marriage. Quirkyalones and urban tribalists hold ideals of sociability that reach beyond an isolated dyad.
    • 2013, Annie Harrison, Finding Mr Right: The Real Women's Guide to Landing that Man:
      The quirkyalone has come to appreciate singledom as a natural state and a way to live a fulfilling life.

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References

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  1. ^ Sasha Cagen (September-October 2000) “The Quirkyalone: Celebrating Single Life”, in Utne Reader, Ogden Publications, retrieved 05-11-2011