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adj
Not romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From queer (“transgress or reevaluate, especially in accordance with queer theory”) + platonic (“non-sexual and non-romantic”). Coined by Dreamwidth user Meloukhia in 2010 who further popularized it in 2011 through posts on WordPress and Tumblr and said it "describ[ed] relationships where an intense emotional connection transcend[s] what people usually think of as ‘friendship’ is present, but the relationship is not romantic in nature [...] though [it] can be sexual".
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
