Lexicon
From AVENwiki
This page briefly explains many common terms seen on the AVEN site and community.
- A, Ace: someone who is asexual
- amoeba: one of many biologically asexual microorganisms, but also a word used informally to denote an asexual.
- aromantic: not interested in romantic relationships
- asexy: an informal word for asexual; or, occasionally, someone found an attractive in an asexual way
- autosexual: an asexual with a sex drive; someone who can experience sexual pleasure but considers it a private, solitary activity
- AVENista, AVENite: a member of the AVEN forum
- bi-asexual: being romantically attracted to people of either sex, but not sexually attracted; or someone for whom this is true
- bi-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of either sex (and may be sexual or asexual)
- celibate: someone who does not engage in sexual activity (and may be sexual or asexual)
- gay-A: another term for homo-asexual
- hetero-asexual: being romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex, but not sexually attracted; or someone for whom this is true
- hetero-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex (and may be sexual or asexual)
- homo-asexual: being romantically attracted to people of the same sex, but not sexually attracted; or someone for whom this is true
- homo-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of the same sex (and may be sexual or asexual)
- hyposexual: having a low sex drive
- sexual: a person who is not asexual (i.e. a heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual person)
- straight-A: another term for hetero-asexual
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