quirkyalone
noun/ˈkwɜki.ələʊn/UK/ˈkwɝki.əloʊn/US
Etymology
From quirky + alone, coined by American writer Sasha Cagen in 2000 in a magazine article in Utne Reader.
- inherited from allone
Definitions
Someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and…
Someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple.
- Rilke is right. Being quirkyalone can be difficult. Everyone else is part of a couple!
- Cagen wrote a short essay about her experience as a “quirkyalone”, and before she knew it, the term was taken up as a badge of pride by thousands.
- Other groups emphasize the importance of adult care networks rather than critiquing marriage. Quirkyalones and urban tribalists hold ideals of sociability that reach beyond an isolated dyad.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA