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LizBeth

(9,952 posts) Tue Jul 20, 2021, 04:09 PM Jul 2021

New word of the day: [View all]

sa·pi·o·sex·u·al
/ˌsāpēōˈsekSH(o͞o)əl/
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adjective
(of a person) finding intelligence sexually attractive or arousing.
"I met a PhD student from Germany who told me that he was sapiosexual"

noun
a person who finds intelligence sexually attractive or arousing.
"I'm a sapiosexual and I like to talk"

I LOVE it!!

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New word of the day: [View all] LizBeth Jul 2021 OP

So this is me - with a side of funny... lisa58 Jul 2021 #1

+1 LizBeth Jul 2021 #4

A word that describes me perfectly. Blue Dawn Jul 2021 #2

Right. LizBeth Jul 2021 #5

I don't know what to call myself, but I have always been turned on Blue_true Jul 2021 #10

People aren't sapiosexual. They're just classist. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #3

hmmm LizBeth Jul 2021 #6

You're saying is "classist" to be attracted to intelligence? Silent3 Jul 2021 #7

I'm saying that "sapiosexuals" are attracted to very specific kinds of "intelligence" which, WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #11

Actually they aren't. Blue_true Jul 2021 #9

Attraction is not orientation, and perceptions of intelligence depend on more than hobbies or WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #12

I happen to like hanging out with women that garden. Blue_true Jul 2021 #13

As someone who gardens, WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #14

A person who is sapiosexual is in part of the asexual spectrum. Blue_true Jul 2021 #8