It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Squiggly?
People advertising for love interests via online dating sites have
apparently become picky about how they describe their sexuality. To the
usuals (male, female, gay, heterosexual) have been added recently (as
reported by NPR in December after surveying OkCupid.com) “asexual,”
“androgynous,” “genderqueer” (evidently not the same as “gay”), “queer”
(not quite “gay,” either), “questioning,” “trans man,” “transsexual,”
“transmasculine,” “heteroflexible,” and the NPR reporter’s favorite,
“sapiosexual” (turned on by “intelligence”). Still, some users of the
site found the choices inadequate. One young woman described her sexual
orientation as “squiggly,” and the reporter cited others who thought
highly of that term. ----------------------------
Damien's note: Okay, where were the sapiosexual bars when I was young and foolish?
I have a young friend who uses the word spoogly, but I am not sure what he means by it.
sapiosexual! what a great word! I want to expand on this.
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