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

Asexual related terminology

Terminology Meaning
A, Ace
  • 1) Someone who is asexual
  • 2) A general term for someone under the asexual umbrella
Amoeba One of many biologically asexual microorganisms, but also a word used informally to denote an asexual.
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.
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 A person who only experiences sexual attraction to themself
AVENite, also AVENista A member of the AVEN forums
Biromantic Someone who is romantically attracted to two different sexes or genders, may be sexual or asexual
Celibate Someone who does not engage in sexual activity (may be sexual or asexual)
Crush A (possibly temporary) romantic attraction to someone, that may or may not be acted upon
Demisexual A person who experiences sexual attraction only to people with whom they are in an close relationship, often a romantic one See here
Gray-A A person in the gray area between sexuality and asexuality
Heteroromantic Someone who is romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex or gender, may be sexual or asexual
Homoromantic Someone who is romantically attracted to people of the same sex or gender, may be sexual or asexual
Hyposexual Having a low sex drive
Indifferent
  • 1) used by some asexual individuals to indicate that they feel neither revulsion toward nor powerful desire to engage in sex.
  • 2) also can be taken to mean they are indifferent toward the idea of sex in general
Monoamorous Loving just one person
Nonlibidoism Not having a sex drive, never experiencing libido.
Panromantic Romantically attracted to others regardless of gender
Polyamorous Loving more than one person. Compare monoamorous
Primary sexual attraction Instant sexual attraction
Primary sexual desire Wanting to engage in sexual activity for the purposes of pleasure
Queer An umbrella term that refers to those who are not heterosexual, heteronomative, or cisgender
Repulsed A term used by some asexual individuals to indicate that they find sex disgusting or revolting
Secondary sexual attraction Sexual attraction based on the strength of a relationship
Secondary sexual desire Wanting to engage in sexual activity for reasons other than pleasure
Sensual Enjoying pleasure brought through the senses, which may or may not be sexual [1]
53x+m³=Ø An equation used on some products in the AVEN store - it translates as "sex + me = no result"
Sex-negative
Sex-positive A term used by some members of the asexual community to mean that they do not mind if other people engage in sexual activities as long as those activities are consentual.
Sexual A person whom experiences sexual attraction, a person who is not asexual (i.e. a heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual etc.)
Squish An aromantic crush, a desire for a platonic relationship with someone

Gender related terminology

See also: Gender Identity

  • agender: having neither male nor female gender, or not associating with any gender
  • androgynous: identifying between male and female on the gender spectrum. Many asexual people identify as androgynous, but it is not limited to asexuals.
  • androsexual: sexual orientation of anyone who has sexual feelings towards a man
  • bigender: having a gender which is both male and female, either simultaneously or alternating
  • cisgender: having the same gender as the one assigned at birth.
  • FtM: (female to male transsexual, trans man) a person who identifies as male, but was assigned a female sex at birth.
  • gynosexual: sexual orientation of anyone who has sexual feelings towards a woman
  • MtF: (male to female transsexual, trans woman) a person who identifies as female, but was assigned a male sex at birth.
  • neutrois: an agender person who seeks to be without the physical characteristics of their sex, and may experience gender dysphoria much like transsexuals.
  • transgender: an umbrella term for those who have gender identities not matching the one assigned at birth.
  • transsexual: an individual who identifies with a physical sex different from the one that assigned at birth.

Dated asexual terminology

  • AS3: a sexual person who is supportive of asexuality; also an imaginary stamp given to such people ("Asexuals in Support of Supportive Sexuals").
  • bi-asexual: a shortened form of the more commonly used term, biromantic asexual
  • gay-A: another term for a homoromantic asexual
  • hetero-asexual: a shortened form of the more commonly used term, heteroromantic asexual
  • homo-asexual: a shortened form of the more commonly used term, homoromantic asexual
  • 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)
  • straight-A: another term for a heteroromantic asexual