aro-ace

aro-ace

English

Alternative forms

• aro ace, aro/ace, aroace

Etymology

A combination of aro, a shortening of aromantic, and ace, a shortening of asexual.

Adjective

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

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic and asexual.
   • 2017, Ariel Scott, "Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means", ShOUT Zine, pages 11-12:

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

   • 2018, Miriam Francisco, "'Sounds Fake but Okay': Asexuality on Campus", The Michigan Daily (The University of Michigan), 5 December 2018, 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:aro-ace.

Noun

aro-ace (plural aro-aces)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic and asexual.
   • 2016, Megan Swett, "Celebrating Queertober and the LGBT+ community", The Journal (University of Illinois, Springfield) 19 October 2016, pages 1 and 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, Grace Christiansen, "Deadman's Hand", Debate, August 2019, 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:aro-ace.