Boost Your Vocab!
Gender and sexuality language and the words we use for identity have exploded in recent years. More and more people are sharing their pronouns. More people have stood up to say they identify with the singular they. Pansexual, omnisexual, and dozens of other words have become mainstays of social media bios. At Dictionary.com, we’ve seen an uptick in uses of words such as cisgender and gender neutral, of nonbinary and gender-fluid.
So how do you keep up with the changes in language, be respectful and inclusive? Stay up to date with our gender and sexuality dictionary!
Allosexual refers to people who do not identify…
Pansexual refers to someone who is romantically, emotionally,…
Lavender ceiling is a glass ceiling specifically imposed…
Omnisexual refers to someone who is romantically, emotionally,…
Gender-neutral pronouns are pronouns which don’t carry any…
Cis is short for cisgender, which refers to…
When a person is novosexual, their sexual orientation…
The female sign emoji represents the female sex…
Quoisexual is a sexual orientation on the asexuality…
Simp is a slang insult for men who…
Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing…
Karen is a pejorative slang term for an…
WAP is a slang acronym that stands for…