list of gender neutral and aro terms ive come up with cause im in an aro4aro relationship with a non-binary partner and words get confusing that nobody asked for but i delivered anyway
i don't claim to be the original roots mastermind of any of these, but they all came from my own brain.
neitherfriend/nf: a partner that is neither binary gender/neither a boyfriend or girlfriend.
n/afriend/n/af: a partner whose gender is not applicable.
zerofriend/0f: a partner who has zero/no gender
xfriend/xf: a partner whose gender is not specified.
[]friend/[]f: a partner whose gender is blank, like a box with nothing selected. (said like blankfriend irl)
🐟friend/🐟f: this one was just me being a dumbass
queerfriend/qf: a queerplatonic partner
brofriend/bf: a partner who is your bro. a more joking one, as the point of the acronym is to cause confusion.
fatefriend: when you're friends by fate, rejecting the idea that destiny has to be romantic in nature.
"roommate": a reference to the queer inside joke of roommates being historically gay while not having a romantic label on the relationship. yes the quotations are part of it
lab partner: a type of partner that's by your side but not in a romantic way
partner in crime: same as lab partner
<2oulmate: a combination of soulmate and the 2 heart used in aro communities. simply soulmate without the strictly romantic connotation. please dont use this one if you arent aro <2 is important to us 🙏
teammate: a relationship where you're on the same team in life as your partner.
bed buddy: a relationship where you're buddies that share a bed.
brodude: two platonic terms mashed together that makes it seem like the nature of the relationship may not be platonic, but no one can say for sure but you and your brodude. other variations are: manbro, galpal, palbro, brodudepal
might make additions in the rbs later, but this is it for now. feel free to contribute.