quirkyalone

quirkyalone
1. (quirkyalone) (428↑, 75↓)
Quirkyalone: n. a person who enjoys being single (or spending time alone) and so prefers to wait for the right person to come along rather than dating indiscriminately; relishing equal doses of solitude and friendship; attracted to freedom and possibility. Also adj.: The condition of being equally at home with singledom and being in a healthy relationship, undivided, whole. Of, relating to, or embodying quirkyalones.

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2. (quirkyalone) (61↑, 97↓)
(adj., n., rare) 1. A state of contented celibacy which is accidentally norm-bucking. Would not even theoretically be used by those who might actually be "quirkyalone" (e.g., Katherine Hepburn; Nina Simone; [Angelina Jolie] post-Billy Bob Thornton and pre-Brad Pitt). 2. (adj., n., rare) A delusional, idealistic self-ascription only ironically suited to its referent (i.e., aging, undersocialized, oversmart, naive diagnosis-hunters). A form of Sartre's [bad faith]. 3. (n., rare) A [hopeful] but [doomed] [curmudgeon].

I wish my married friends would talk about something other than their sex lives and kids and other married friends :( \!\! They'll never understand what it's like for us quirkyalones. I'll post more on this later -- time to feed the cat\!\!

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Last updated: 2012.03.01

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