bi-curious

See also: bicurious

English

Alternative forms

• bicurious

Etymology

From bi +‎ curious. First appears c. 1984 in a personal ad in the newspaper The Orange County Register.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bʌɪˈkjʊə.ɹɪəs/, /bʌɪˈkjɔː.ɹɪəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /baiˈkjɚ.i.ɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

bi-curious (comparative more bi-curious, superlative most bi-curious)

1. (LGBTQ) Interested in having relationships with both men and women, curious about one's potential bisexuality; especially, of heterosexual people, considering a first sexual experience with a member of the same sex.
   • 1984, anonymous author, Register (Orange County, California):

     Bi curious M/F or cpls.

   • 2014 October 8, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Oct 8, 2014:

     "Does this make us bi-curious, or are some dudes just that girly?"

   • 2016 October 7, Juliet Bennett Rylah, “Skirt Club Is a Sex Club for the Casually Bisexual Modern Woman”, in VICE‎^[1]:

     Skirt Club caters to bisexual or bicurious women. No men are allowed, but women with all levels of experience in same-sex sexuality, from bicurious to fully lesbian, are welcomed.

Related terms

• bi-curiosity
• heteroflexible
• homoflexible
• lesbiflexible
• trans-curious

Translations

Curious about one's potential bisexuality

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bischierig (nl)
• Finnish: bi-utelias
• French: bi-curieux (fr) m
• Polish: bi (pl)
• Portuguese: bicurioso m, bi-curioso m
• Spanish: bicurioso (es)

Further reading

• bi-curious on Wikipedia.Wikipedia