aro
Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
Adjective
- Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
- I love being aro; dating is so stressful.
- For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined. - 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope",...
- For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind. - 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English aromanticclip. English aro Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.
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Noun
- A person who is aromantic.
- While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations. - 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual...
- Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros. - 2018 October 19, Isabel Nathan, “Asexuals, you are not alone”, in Washington Blade, page 20:
- Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings. - 2019 October 24, Chelaine Kirsh, “Let's talk about aces, baby”, in The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan,...