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Sunday 29 May 2022

Sunday Rest: quoisexual. Word Probably Not To Use Today.

 Well, quoi is the French for what, and I know what sexual means, so...

...nope. Haven't a clue.

These new words for all these different types of taste are probably a good thing. 

One day we might even get to a stage where people don't feel obliged to pretend to like things they don't, any more than people feel guilty about their taste in coffee...

...except that even coffee has its fashions and virtue-signalling, doesn't it.

Oh dear: we're probably doomed. 

Ah well.

Anyway, quoisexual describes either someone who doesn't understand what people mean by sexual attraction, or someone who is confused about whether their own feelings are sexual.

The major problem with this word is that (according to the internet) you say the first syllable KWAI (to rhyme with why).

I can think of no good reason for doing this at the moment. 

Word Probably Not To Use Today: quoisexual. Quoi in French is said KWAR (but without sounding the R). The word is basically the same as our English word what, and comes from the Latin word quid.



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