Abro-

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Abro- is an orientation that constantly changes, is never stable, and cannot be pinned down for that reason.

Etymology

The prefix abro- is derived either from the Ancient Greek word ἁβρός (habrós) or its Modern Greek descendant αβρός (avrós), which means "delicate" or "graceful".   

Pronunciation

IPA: ˈæbˌroʊ Phonetic: AB-roh

Definitions

“ Having an orientation or feelings about it that constantly change and cannot be pinned down for this reason.
— pride-flags, 3 July, 2015[3]


“ Abro: An orientation that is constantly changing, never stable, and cannot be pinned down for this reason.
— ezgender Google Docs, 2021[4]


History

It is unknown who originally coined the term abrosexual. It was allegedly coined by an anonymous Tumblr user.

The flag was created by Mod Chad of pride-flags-for-us on 20 July, 2014, as requested in an anonymous ask. The anonymous user requested a five color flag that fades from #46D294, to white, to #EE1766[2]. It is unknown why this person chose these colors specifically.[5][6]

Related Terms

Orientations

For a comprehensive list, please see Category:Abro-

  • Abrosexual: A sexual orientation that is constantly changing, never stable, and cannot be pinned down for this reason.
  • Abroromantic: A romantic orientation that is constantly changing, never stable, and cannot be pinned down for this reason.
  • Abroalterous: An alterous orientation that is constantly changing, never stable, and cannot be pinned down for this reason.
  • Abrosensual: A sensual orientation that is constantly changing, never stable, and cannot be pinned down for this reason.

See Also

Gallery

Flags

  • A flag with five evenly-spaced, horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: mint green, pale mint green, white, pink, and magenta. End ID.

    Abrosexual flag, often used as a general abro- flag. (pride-flags-for-us, 20 July, 2014[2][7])

  • The abrosexual/abroromantic flag.

    The abrosexual/abroromantic flag.

  • The abrocurious flag.

    The abrocurious flag.

The second flag was coined by FANDOM user RoseWatera on the 2nd of February 2021. The pink represents attraction to women and feminine-aligned people. The purple represents the attraction to women being fluid. White represents fluidity and [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/A-Spec a-spec] identities. Blue represents attraction to men and masculine-aligned people. The cyan represents the attraction to men being fluid.[citation needed]

An alternate flag was made by [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/User:Cryptocrew Cryptocrew] at [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/User:Hayden000 Hayden000s] request on January 16th of 2021 and was first published on a post one day later. The shades of pink with the 'waves' represent fluid and changing attraction while the two symbols are deltas, which are the math symbol for "change."[8] The fourth alternative was created by FANDOM user Clear.Skyes on April 6, 2021. [citation needed]

Combinations

Sources

  1. ↑ SavvyRed's information on the coining of abrosexual.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 An anonymous Tumblr user requesting an abrosexual flag from pride-flags-for-us.
  3. ↑ pride-flags' definition of abro-.
  4. ↑ Definition of abro- in the ezgender Google Docs.
  5. ↑ SavvyRed's document on pride flag colors, noting the arbitrary color choice.
  6. ↑ pride-color-schemes noting the unknown meaning of the stripe colors.
  7. ↑ pride-flags' reupload of the abro- flag.
  8. ↑ https://lgbta.wikia.org/f/p/4400000000000094761
  9. ↑ pride-flags' reupload of the nixera abro- combination flag.
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