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- adjective of a person or animal Denying, avoiding or not fitting in any sexual orientation label, such as
heterosexual andhomosexual . Not to be confused withasexual ,pansexual orbisexual - noun A person who is pomosexual. Someone who avoids sexual orientation labels.
Etymologies
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From pomo (“post-modern”) + sexual.
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Pomosexuality is defined as refusing, avoiding, or not fitting any sexual orientation label in terms of conventional labels or classifications, such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or labels on the asexual or aromantic spectrums.[1][2][3] It challenges categorizations in favor of largely unmapped possibility and the intense charge that comes with transgression.[4] Some pomosexual people may be queer or questioning, and others may not be.[3]
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whichbe commented on the word pomosexual
Pomosexual (short for Post-Modern) is a term popularized by sex-positive activists and writers Carol Queen and Lawrence Shimel in their 1997 Anthology "Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions about Gender and Sexuality." People identified as pomosexuals are attempting to redefine, reassess, and protest current essentialist-bound labels surrounding sexual orientation.
(From NetLingo)
May 28, 2008
yarb commented on the word pomosexual
Sounds like a barrel of laughs!
May 28, 2008
palooka commented on the word pomosexual
Hmmmmm. A Pre-Modern person would be a premosexual; a person not modern at all would be a nomosexual; an assiduously modern person would be an assmosexual; a somewhat modern person is a somosexual.
This list could go on forever for us forevmosexuals.
May 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word pomosexual
A slovenly modern sexual person who fornicates at two hundred frames per second would be a slomosexual?
May 28, 2008
palooka commented on the word pomosexual
Would a slomosexual make Tina Turner happy with his slow hand?
May 28, 2008
palooka commented on the word pomosexual
A person who's proud of their central Indiana roots though thoroughly modern might be a kokomosexual.
May 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word pomosexual
A person who's only fifty percent modern might be a halfamosexual.
May 28, 2008
dontcry commented on the word pomosexual
A person who gets excited by advertising (or the guys in Mad Men) might be promosexual.
May 28, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pomosexual
This is getting weirdosexual.
May 28, 2008
whichbe commented on the word pomosexual
This term reminds me a lot of the Native American concept of Two-Spirit, but with an obnoxious, modern twist.
May 29, 2008
palooka commented on the word pomosexual
That would be wierdomosexual reesetee - you know a modern weirdo trying to find a way to describe their sexuality.
May 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word pomosexual
Wow. That was an interesting comment...
May 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word pomosexual
A person who gets excited watching low-quality porn photographs is therefore called lomosexual.
May 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word pomosexual
I'm trying to work out how to slip majordomosexual into the conversation. And you know this is going to bug me all day.
May 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pomosexual
What's the difference between a modern weirdo and an ancient weirdo, palooka?
*waiting for snappy retort*
May 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word pomosexual
Palooka? I think you mean the Pointer Sisters, not Tina Turner.
May 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pomosexual
*was wondering about that*
May 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word pomosexual
pom- tends to denote small and round items, probably from some distant Indo-European root. Hence:
pom-pom
pomelo
pomodoro (Italian - tomato)
pomegranate
pommel
pomum (Latin - fruit; apple).
Whence pomosexual?
May 29, 2008