quirkyalone
UK/ˈkwɜki.ələʊn//ˈkwɝki.əloʊn/
quirkyalone noun: 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.
Noun
quirkyalone (plural quirkyalones)
- 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!2003, Amelia Borofsky, Jennifer Karlin, editors, ReGeneration: Telling Stories from Our Twenties, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, →ISBN, page 220
- 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.2007, Kate Crawford, Adult Themes: Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood, page 103
- Synonyms:
- single
Examples of quirkyalone in a sentence
- Quirkyalones and urban tribalists hold ideals of sociability that reach beyond an isolated dyad.2012, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
- The quirkyalone has come to appreciate singledom as a natural state and a way to live a fulfilling life.2013, Annie Harrison, Finding Mr Right: The Real Women's Guide to Landing that Man:
Synonyms of quirkyalone
Forms of quirkyalone
| plural | quirkyalones |
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Origin of quirkyalone
From quirky + alone, coined by American writer Sasha Cagen in 2000 in a magazine article in Utne Reader.
Questions about quirkyalone
- What does quirkyalone mean?
- Quirkyalone means 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.
- How do you use quirkyalone in a sentence?
- Quirkyalones and urban tribalists hold ideals of sociability that reach beyond an isolated dyad.
- What part of speech is quirkyalone?
- Quirkyalone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quirkyalone?
- Quirkyalone is pronounced /ˈkwɜki.ələʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of quirkyalone?
- The plural of quirkyalone is quirkyalones.
Words near quirkyalone in the dictionary
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