pomosexual means rejecting, avoiding, or not fitting in any sexual orientation label, such as heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, or bisexual. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
POMOSEXUAL — [Adjective] Rejecting, avoiding, or not fitting within conventional labels of sexual orientation. From pomo, a shortening of postmodern, and -sexual, as in homosexual, thus meaning 'postmodern sexual'. Unlike "pansexual," which positively denotes attraction regardless of gender, or "queer," a reclaimed and often unifying identity, pomosexual is the active refusal of the map itself. It is the deliberate blank space on the survey form, the weary sigh after one too many dropdown menus, the lived experience that feels like a draft perpetually under revision—a quiet rebellion against the tyranny of being understood.
adj
- Rejecting, avoiding, or not fitting in any sexual orientation label, such as heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, or bisexual.