Home › Words › Q › quirkyalonequirkyalone/ˈkwɜki.ələʊn/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.quirkyalone is pronounced /ˈkwɜki.ələʊn/.EtymologyFrom quirky + alone, coined by American writer Sasha Cagen in 2000 in a magazine article in Utne Reader.nounSomeone 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.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).