queerplatonic

== English == === Etymology === From queer (“transgress or reevaluate, especially in accordance with queer theory”) +‎ platonic (“non-sexual and non-romantic”). Coined by Dreamwidth user Meloukhia in 2010 who further popularized it in 2011 through posts on WordPress and Tumblr and said it "describ[ed] relationships where an intense emotional connection transcend[s] what people usually think of as ‘friendship’ is present, but the relationship is not romantic in nature […] though [it] can be sexual". === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkwiɹ.pləˈtɔn.ɪk/ === Adjective === queerplatonic (comparative more queerplatonic, superlative most queerplatonic) (neologism, of a relationship) Not romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:queerplatonic. ==== Related terms ==== quasiplatonic ==== Translations ==== === References ===