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Quirkyplatonic

Not a replacement for queerplatonic, but an alternative, inspired by the term quirkyalone. Thoughts?

(Aromantic-spectrum community members and people in QP/platonic relationships only, please.)

N.B. I rejected this term after someone pointed out what quirkyalone actually meant, which is experiencing romantic attraction but waiting for the “one special person” before dating. I had originally assumed that quirkyalone meant a person who experienced romantic attraction but didn’t ever date, and chose to get to know potential romantic partners by just hanging out with them first.

This entry was published on 4 July 2012 and has 50 note(s).
It was tagged: queerplatonic, aromantic, aro, grayromantic, gray aromantic, terminology,

Notes

  1. mare-of-night answered: It doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe because I’m not familiar with quirkyalone. But quirky doesn’t seem related to “couple” to me.
  2. sunripple answered: It’s cute, but I’m not sure it’s a name that people would take seriously.
  3. just-someone-who answered: I really like this.
  4. aromanticaardvark reblogged this from fyeahqueerplatoniczucchinis
  5. otheranonymous answered: I really prefer to use queerplatonic…fits me better.
  6. whoisjohngalt25 answered: Is it at all different than queerplatonic? If so, how?
  7. ilikesallydonovan answered: Given that QPP are called zucchini, quirky is somehow fitting. And the acronym QP remains.
  8. alexthefab reblogged this from fyeahqueerplatoniczucchinis and added:
    Wow I really hate it. ‘queer’ is a powerful, meaningful, word. ‘quirky’ is just another cutesy, meaningless adjective....
  9. purgatorialrecklessness answered: Yeah, I think the reason I didn’t make the critique of queer is because of its often specific connotations that quirky doesn’t share.
  10. fyeahqueerplatoniczucchinis reblogged this from metapianycist
  11. cupcakemichi answered: It sounds like a pet name for a QP relationship. XD I think that if I ever used it, it would be for something in between QP and friends.
  12. manic-depressed-pixi-dream-bitch reblogged this from purgatorialrecklessness and added:
    If quirkyplatonic works for you, awesome. I’m glad you found a word that gives you the warm-fuzzies. Queerplatonic,...
  13. mentemmortaliatangunt reblogged this from that-cabbage
  14. just-another-nerd37 answered: your the most family of all my family and you always will be. you’re my person i never feel alone now. and after all your my wonderwall
  15. purgatorialrecklessness reblogged this from metapianycist and added:
    Hey! Thanks for posting up the idea in the first place. Your topic really got me thinking about my relationship and what...
  16. brynncognito reblogged this from metapianycist and added:
    don’t really like it, honestly. Could just be me not liking...word “quirky” though, so,...
  17. psychetimelapse reblogged this from that-cabbage and added:
    I like it. Doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as well, but it serves as a nice alternative for those who aren’t...
  18. ace-muslim answered: Need to think about it more. The more ppl hate on “queerplatonic” in ignorance, the more attached to the term I become.
  19. makingnewblog answered: i think it’s cute. i still prefer queerplatonic personally, but
  20. that-cabbage reblogged this from metapianycist and added:
    think it would work really well...some relationships.
  21. greenchestnuts answered: I really dislike this. It sounds like a reference to manic pixie dream girls. Relationships are not “quirky” just because they are atypical.
  22. internetgeek answered: I would likely use that. //does grey-aro count idk
  23. metapianycist posted this

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