Dictionary

asexy en · ADJ

Etymology

Blend of asexual + sexy.

Meanings

1. (slang) Asexual (not experiencing sexual attraction).
   • Asexual and Proud! is a MySpace community whose goal is to help “asexy” people connect with one another (Bogaert, 2004). 2011, Robert Crooks, Karla Baur, Our Sexuality, Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 250:
   • One of the first rumored-to-be-asexy relationships can be seen in Henry James's The Bostonians, an 1886 novel that deals with the devotion between two women, Olive and Verena — the work even gave rise to the term "Boston marriages" to describe women who lived together in love with one another without having sex. 2007, Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, numbers 34-37, page 363:
   • And in June, while wearing an "Asexy Dyke" T-shirt, she marched with two dozen other self-described asexuals in San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade. 2009 August 24, Demian Bulwa, “Asexuals leave the closet, find community”, in San Francisco Chronicle:

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Relateds

bisexy · aro

Synonyms

ace