aro-ace

See also: aroace, aro ace, and aro/ace

English

Alternative forms

• aro/ace, aroace, aro ace

Etymology

From aro (clipping of aromantic) +‎ ace (clipping of asexual).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹəʉˌæɪs/
• (US) /ˈɛɹ.oʊˌeɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

aro-ace (comparative more aro-ace, superlative most aro-ace)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic and asexual.

   Synonym: ace-aro

   • 2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine‎, pages 11–12:

     However, when I came out as aro ace, my experience was one of being strongly 'othered'.

   • 2018 December 5, Miriam Francisco, “'Sounds Fake but Okay': Asexuality on Campus”, in The Michigan Daily, The University of Michigan, page 6B:

     As an aro-ace college student, Sarah sometimes worries that her friendliness might be taken as flirtation.

   • 2019, Danika Stone, Switchback, unnumbered page:

     Vale turned over the rest of the way. "Ash, I'm aro-ace."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro-ace.

Noun

aro-ace (plural aro-aces)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic and asexual.
   • 2016 October 19, Megan Swett, “Celebrating Queertober and the LGBT+ community”, in The Journal‎, Springfield: University of Illinois, archived from the original on 10 November 2022, page 1 & 3:

     Stidham considers herself an "aroace," or an aromantic asexual.

   • 2019, Aidan Wayne, Play It Again, unnumbered page:

     “Oh no you fucking won't, if I don't want said virtue. You'll make yourself scarce, like a good sex-repulsed aroace.”

   • 2019 August, Grace Christiansen, “Deadman's Hand”, in Debate, page 15:

     Walking through the world as an aro-ace, I experience a sense of isolation in my own feelings, or lack thereof, towards sex.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro-ace.

Anagrams

• acearo, ace/aro, coarea, ace-aro, acorea