Lexicon

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This page briefly explains many common terms seen on the AVEN site and community.

  • amoeba: one of many biologically asexual microorganisms, but also a word used informally to denote an asexual.
  • androgynous: Not identifying with a particular gender i.e. male of female. Many asexual people identify as androgynous, but it is not limited to asexuals.
  • antisexual: being opposed to sexuality, or someone for whom this is true. An antisexual person may or may not be asexual.
  • aromantic: not interested in romantic relationships
  • AS3: a sexual person who is supportive of asexuality; also an imaginary stamp given to such people ("Asexuals in Support of Supportive Sexuals").
  • asexual: a person who does not experience sexual attraction
  • asexy: an informal word for asexual; someone or something that is made more attractive by her/his/its lack of sexuality
  • 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)
  • ineffable, effanineffable: bard of aven explains: “Well, the dictionary definition is "unable to be expressed in words." And ... T. S. Eliot used it to speak of cats contemplating their "ineffable, effable, effanineffable" names. My theory is that effan is as close as you could get to having "fucking" printed in a book of poetry when he was writing. So if the first [e]ff stans for "fuck", why shouldn't the second?” (introduced in this thread)
  • monoamorous: loving only one person. Compare polyamorous.
  • polyamorous: loving more than one person. Compare monoamorous.
  • sexual: a person who is not asexual (i.e. a heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual person)
  • straight-A: another term for hetero-asexual
  • transgendered: having an internal sense of gender identity that conflicts with one's biological sex. Some transgendered people are asexual because they feel that they have the "wrong genitals."

Please expand this list!