Lexicon

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.

• 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 forums

• hetero-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex (and may be sexual or asexual)

• bi-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of many sexes/genders (and may be sexual or asexual)

• homo-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of the same sex (and may be sexual or asexual)

• hetero-asexual: a shorten form of hetero-romantic asexual

• bi-asexual: a shorten form of bi-romantic asexual

• homo-asexual: a shorten form of homo-romantic asexual

• celibate: someone who does not engage in sexual activity (and may be sexual or asexual)

• demisexual: a person who experiences sexual attraction only to one person with whom they are in an intense romantic relationship [1], or a person who only experiences secondary sexual attraction

• gray-A: a person in the gray area between sexuality and asexuality

• gay-A: another term for homoromantic-asexual

• straight-A: another term for heteroromantic-asexual

• hyposexual: having a low sex drive

• ineffable: cannot or should not be expressed in spoken words

• 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)

• monamorous: loving only one person. Compare polyamorous.

• polyamorous: loving more than one person. Compare monoamorous

• nonlibidoism: not having a sex drive

• Pan-romantic: Asexual and romantically attracted to others regardless of gender

• primary sexual attraction: instant sexual attraction, according to Rabger's model

• primary sexual desire: wanting to engage in sexual activity for the purposes of pleasure, according to Rabger's model

• secondary sexual attraction: sexual attraction based on the strength of a relationship, according to Rabger's model

• secondary sexual desire: wanting to engage in sexual activity for reasons other than pleasure, according to Rabger's model

• sensual: enjoying pleasure brought through the senses, which may or may not be sexual [2]

• 53x+m³=Ø: an equation used on some products in the AVEN store - it translates as "sex + me = no result"

• sexual: a person who is not asexual (i.e. a heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual etc.)

• type A: an asexual having a sex drive and no romantic attraction

• type B: an asexual experiencing romantic attraction and no sex drive

• type C: an asexual experiencing both romantic attraction and sex drive, but not experiencing sexual attraction

• type D: an asexual who experiences neither romantic attraction nor sex drive