Hello! Welcome to my term coining and flag creation sideblog! I've been coining terms and making flags for years, but never made a blog specifically dedicated to it until now. Thanks for visiting!
Below the cut, you can find:
Some more information about me
Will do/won't do list (I take requests!)
I don't have a DNI, and I don't block people from this sideblog, though I do block liberally on my main. However, even if I have blocked you on my main blog, you are still welcome to use my terms and flags. They belong to the community first, even if I created them!
Generally, my flags are completely free to use, and credit is not needed. All flags are public domain unless stated otherwise.
About Me ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽
[PT: About Me]
Name — Elias or Eli
Pronouns — e/em/es (he/him aux)
Gender — genderfaun man
Sexuality — polyamorous bi a-spec
Alterhumanity — therian, phytanthrope, otherkin
Other — neurodivergent, agnostic, white, perisex, adult
If you want a "full name" to use when crediting me or citing any of my posts, you can call me Elias Pseudonymous.
Will Do / Won't Do ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽
[PT: Will Do/Won't Do]
Please note: If I haven't responded to your request, I either haven't gotten around to it, or have decided not to fulfill the request. This does not necessarily mean that I am unsupportive; I choose not to fulfill requests for many reasons. Do not spam me with the same request over and over. Thank you!
✦ • · · · · · Will:
• lgbtq+ identities
• microlabels and mogai
• xenogenders and xenic identities
• most "contradictory" identities
• certain neurogenders
• flag combinations
• alterhuman flags (e.g. kintypes)
• kink/18+ (block "#after dark flag" to avoid)
• most good faith identities, really
[PT: Will do LGBTQ+ identities, microlabels and MOGAI, xenogenders and xenic identities, most "contradictory" identities, certain neurogenders, flag combinations, alterhuman flags (e.g. kintypes), kink/18+ (block "#after dark flag" to avoid) and most good faith identities, really.]
✦ • · · · · · Won't:
• radqueer stuff (e.g. "transharmful")
• system stuff (I want to avoid syscourse)
• gender assignment pride (e.g. "AFAB pride")
• religious stuff
• anything that makes me uncomfortable
[PT: Won't do radqueer stuff (e.g. "transharmful"), system stuff (I want to avoid syscourse), gender assignment pride (e.g. "AFAB pride"), religious stuff, or anything that makes me uncomfortable.]
I'm considering renaming synepasexual, syneparomantic, synepaplatonic, synepansthetic, and all other potential synepa labels to zepa instead. This would simplify the terms and shorten them down considerably, which I hope would result in them being more accessible.
The syn prefix means "with; together" and is intended to represent the allo part of the identity. I'm thinking about switching it to a simple z, being the opposite of a aphabetically, and referencing the zed prefix used in zedsexual, zedromantic, etc. (synonyms for allo)
This would end up looking like this:
Synepasexual -> Zepasexual
Syneparomantic -> Zeparomantic
Synepaplatonic -> Zepaplatonic
Synepansthetic -> Zepansthetic
All other instances of synepa would also become zepa
It would be pronounced "zeppuh" or "zeepuh" (I'm leaning towards the former, personally)
Should I rename them? The original posts would be edited, though the original prefix would still be mentioned in the etymology section for history's sake.
Took a while to get around to it, but I finally edited the posts to reflect the new proposals! @radiomogai @liom-archive @liomarchive @imoga-pride @imoga-archive
I'm considering renaming synepasexual, syneparomantic, synepaplatonic, synepansthetic, and all other potential synepa labels to zepa instead. This would simplify the terms and shorten them down considerably, which I hope would result in them being more accessible.
The syn prefix means "with; together" and is intended to represent the allo part of the identity. I'm thinking about switching it to a simple z, being the opposite of a aphabetically, and referencing the zed prefix used in zedsexual, zedromantic, etc. (synonyms for allo)
This would end up looking like this:
Synepasexual -> Zepasexual
Syneparomantic -> Zeparomantic
Synepaplatonic -> Zepaplatonic
Synepansthetic -> Zepansthetic
All other instances of synepa would also become zepa
It would be pronounced "zeppuh" or "zeepuh" (I'm leaning towards the former, personally)
Should I rename them? The original posts would be edited, though the original prefix would still be mentioned in the etymology section for history's sake.
Liongender — A gender related to lions in some way. It has also been varyingly defined as:
A term for those who feel their gender is or is affected by lions. The user may identify with lions in any way. This is the muldyke definition.
A strongly masculine-leaning gender which may additionally involve multiple gender feelings, such as neutrality and fluidity. It involves a sense of luxury, chivalry, and majesty. This is the 2019 definition.
A catgender involving a strong connection to lions. This is the LowGun definition.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut.
Etymology — From the words lion and gender.
Flag Symbolism — The stripes are loosely based on the transgender flag, and is intended to follow a similar visual format, alluding to this flag having to do with gender identity.
The colors are based on lions and savannahs, and are also intended to convey a sense of strength, magnificence, and boldness. The lion emblem is, of course, symbolic of the lion aspect of this identity.
Term coined by — has been independently coined multiple times
Sorry to everyone for my silence, by the way. I have been busy with a project outside of this blog and probably will continue to be for a while. But rest assured that I have not forgotten about you all <3
I have more flags tucked away that I simply haven't posted here yet. It might be a while before they are, as I am busy with other things. However, I would like to show you all these three!
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I'm showing these to you all before properly posting them because I am struggling to name these terms. So, I think it would be nice to get some feedback and ideas from the community! More information about the flags is below the cut.
The first flag [PT: The first flag] is a flag for nonbinary solarians who experience attraction to other nonbinary solarians, exclusively or not.
Blue represents nonbinary manhood and/or masculinity. The white stripe with a flower in the center was chosen to fit the format of similar flags, e.g. sapphic, achillean, diamoric, etc.
The bird of paradise flower was chosen because it is sometimes used as a masculine flower (see here and here as examples), and because it resembles birds of paradise—hence the name—which are typically male if colorful. They also represent things like love, boldness, freedom, creativity, and joy.
These flowers can also be a metaphor for nonbinary masculinity falling outside of dominant Eurocentric cultural perceptions of masculinity, which often expect men and masculine people to be plain and colorless. Birds and flowers don't exist to conform to these made up "standards" of masculinity; they just exist.
The second flag [PT: The second flag] is a flag for nonbinary lunarians who experience attraction to other nonbinary lunarians, exclusively or not.
Pink represents nonbinary womanhood and/or femininity. The white stripe with a flower in the center was chosen to fit the format of similar flags (e.g. sapphic, achillean, diamoric, etc.) as well.
The pink spider lily was chosen because it is sometimes used as a symbol of feminine love, beauty, and passion. This is the flower's primary meaning in this flag.
This flower can also represent other things when a different color. For example, when the flower is red, it is commonly referred to as the Flower of Death, and symbolizes things like loss, separation, and the cycle of rebirth. A white spider lily can represent positivity and new beginnings. A yellow spider lily can represent joy, wisdom, gratitude, hope, and everlasting friendship.
The spider lily's plethora of meanings can be a metaphor for the diversity among nonbinary women and feminine people. The red spider lily—the Flower of Death—can also be used as a metaphor for transitioning, shedding past expectations, and rebirthing oneself. Pink is a lighter form of red, so they could be seen as two sides of the same coin.
The third flag [PT: The third flag] is a flag for abinary people attracted to other abinary people, exclusively or not.
Yellow represents existence completely outside the binary. The white stripe with a flower in the center was chosen to fit the format of similar flags (e.g. sapphic, achillean, diamoric, etc.) as well.
The sugarbush flower was chosen because it is sometimes used as a symbol of courage, transformation, resourcefulness, and diversity, and is also partially yellow. I just think it fits perfectly.
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The words nonbinary, abinary, solarian, and lunarian are used in an umbrella sense; identification with these specific labels is not necessarily. For example, nonbinary could be substituted for any label under the nonbinary umbrella, and solarian could be substituted with things like masculine, man-aligned, phoebian, helian, miaspec, mingender, etc.
Additionally, the word abinary does not necessarily refer to strictly abinary people. A person could be abinary in one way, but not another (e.g. through being multigender) and still be included. For example, this could include a trigender person who is male, female, and neutrois, as neutrois is an abinary gender, even though the other two are not.
Hi, this is a weird question but, for your Sunset Ocean flag is it alright if I use it but not identify as a lesbian or not feel as if my attraction to women is lesbian? For context, I'm a trans man and even though I support men who identify as lesbians I just feel as though gay/queer feel like a better descriptor of my attraction to women than lesbian. I also get dysphoria from the idea of calling myself a lesbian.
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Of course! I'm not one to gatekeep who uses my flags. I'd also like to point out these two quotes from the coining post:
Sunset Ocean Pride Flag — A flag for people who are gay for both men and women, without it being tied to a specific label.
Whether you identify as bi, pan, omni, queer, gay, sapphillean, velaurian, unlabeled, or whatever the case may be, you can use this flag if you are gay for both men and women.
Violet represents gay attraction to women. You may also describe this as lesbian attraction, sapphic attraction, trixic attraction, or whatever else you may prefer, as long as it essentially feels gay
It's more about the feeling of one's attraction being gay, regardless of which labels one uses to describe this.
Catthing — A term for people who are both a cat and a thing in some way, especially in regards to gender. This is my own definition, which is intentionally broad, due to the ambiguous nature of the word. This can be hyphenated as cat-thing, if desired.
It has also been variously defined as:
A catgender identity that is not gender-aligned but not explicitly agender. This is the genderkennel definition.
A gender related to being a cat thing; it can be a combo of catgender and thingcenic. This is the mogai-place definition.
One who is a thing and is a cat; whether the cat part is also part of gender or not is up for interpretation to the user. One may be a kemonomimi, furry, therian, ect. but it's not required. This is the flagsandtags definition.
Catgirlthing — A term for people who are a cat, a girl, and a thing in some way, especially in regards to gender. This is my own definition, which is intentionally broad, due to the ambiguous nature of the word. This can be hyphenated or the word order can be changed, if desired, e.g. catgirl-thing, cat-girlthing, girlcatthing, etc.
It has also been defined as a catgender identity that is more fem-aligned, but not explicitly female. This is the genderkennel definition.
Catboything — A term for people who are a cat, a boy, and a thing in some way, especially in regards to gender. This is my own definition, which is intentionally broad, due to the ambiguous nature of the word. This can be hyphenated or the word order can be changed, if desired, e.g. catboy-thing, cat-boything, boycatthing, etc.
It has also been defined as a catgender identity that is more masc-aligned, but not explicitly male. This is the genderkennel definition.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut.
Etymology — From the words cat or catgender, as well as thing, girl, and boy. Sometimes explicitly stated to inspired by terms like girlthing, such as in a post by @/transandrogyny on Twitter.
Flag Symbolism — These flags were originally proposed by Mod Paper (he/arf/blip) on the genderkennel blog, with no specified meaning behind the designs. It can be inferred that the green, pink, and blue stripes represent being unaligned, fem-aligned, and masc-aligned, respectively, while the cat symbol in the center represents being catgender. All additional symbolism is unclear.
Term coined by — has been independently coined multiple times
Flags made by — Mod Paper / @genderkennel (June 10, 2023)
Dogthing — A term for people who are both a dog and a thing in some way, especially in regards to gender. This is my own definition, which is intentionally broad, due to the ambiguous nature of the word. This can be hyphenated as dog-thing, if desired.
It has also been variously defined as:
A doggender identity that is not gender-aligned but not explicitly agender. This is the genderkennel definition.
A gender related to being a dog, a thing, and a dogthing. This is the frightfulfangz definition.
A gender related to dogs and being a thing, or a gender related to being a dog and a thing. This is the eternagender definition.
Doggirlthing — A term for people who are a dog, a girl, and a thing in some way, especially in regards to gender. This is my own definition, which is intentionally broad, due to the ambiguous nature of the word. This can be hyphenated or the word order can be changed, if desired, e.g. doggirl-thing, dog-girlthing, girldogthing, etc.
It has also been defined as a doggender identity that is more fem-aligned, but not explicitly female. This is the genderkennel definition.
Dogboything — A term for people who are a dog, a boy, and a thing in some way, especially in regards to gender. This is my own definition, which is intentionally broad, due to the ambiguous nature of the word. This can be hyphenated or the word order can be changed, if desired, e.g. dogboy-thing, dog-boything, boydogthing, etc.
It has also been defined as a doggender identity that is more masc-aligned, but not explicitly male. This is the genderkennel definition.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut.
Etymology — From the words dog or doggender, as well as thing, girl, and boy.
Flag Symbolism — These flags were originally proposed by Mod Paper (he/arf/blip) on the genderkennel blog, with no specified meaning behind the designs. It can be inferred that the green, pink, and blue stripes represent being unaligned, fem-aligned, and masc-aligned, respectively, while the dog symbol in the center represents being doggender. All additional symbolism is unclear.
Term coined by — has been independently coined multiple times
Flags made by — Mod Paper / @genderkennel (June 10, 2023)
Hello! I really like your synep terms! And was wondering if you’ll ever get around to making a aesthetic/anaesthetic version of your synep term? I think this term fits how I feel about my aesthetic attraction well! No pressure though! Have a great day!
Zepanaesthetic — A term for people who are both ansthetic/anaesthetic/nonaesthetic/etc. (or anae-spec) and alloaesthetic, or are a mix of the two. For example, a person might identify as zepanaesthetic if:
They are on the cusp of anae-spec and alloaesthetic.
They experience a "grey area" of aesthetic attraction.
Their aesthetic attraction fluctuates, such as abroaesthetic, anaeflux, etc.
Their aesthetic orientation can otherwise be described as both alloaesthetic and ansthetic, or on the ansthetic spectrum.
It can also be referred to as zepansthetic or zepa-aesthetic.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut. Fair warning: the full description of the flag symbolism is very long, though a TLDR version is also included.
Etymology — Originally, I called this synepansthetic, synepanaesthetic, or synepa-aesthetic. It came from syn ("with; together"), ep ("in addition to; among" or "attached to") and a or an ("without; not"), literally meaning "with in addition to without" aesthetic attraction. It was coined at the request of an anon on Tumblr, who wanted an aesthetic equivalent to my other synepa terms.
I then proposed that the term be updated to zepanaesthetic on March 6, 2026, to simplify the term and make it a bit more accessible. The etymology is roughly the same, but the prefix syn is replaced with the letter z, representing the opposite of a and referencing the term zedromantic. It can be pronounced "zeppuh" or "zeepuh" depending on personal preference; either one is correct.
Flag Symbolism (TLDR) — Each stripe has its own meaning:
Black represents ansthetic people. It has a subtle beige tint to indicate inclusion in the ansthetic spectrum.
Beige represents the ansthetic spectrum as a whole.
Grey represents greyaesthetic, demiaesthetic, and other anae-spec identities that aren’t ansthetic. It has a subtle beige tint to indicate inclusion in the ansthetic spectrum.
White represents alloaestheticism.
Pink represents aesthetic attraction.
Flag Symbolism (Full Explanation) — Created for anon! I must admit, I was a bit stumped on this one at first, to the extent that I almost didn't make it. There isn't really a "community anae-spec color" in the same way that the asexual or aromantic spectra have a color. Even aplatonic has the trio of green, blue, and purple to contrast with the platonic yellow. But as far as I could find, there is no such thing when it comes to the anae-spec community.
The ansthetic/anaesthetic/nonaesthetic/etc. flag uses pink in place of the asexual flag's purple, but the pink stripe represents aesthetic attraction, rather than the absence of such. So, pink is representative of alloaestheticism more so than it is of anaestheticism.
This meant that I had to come up with a color to use for the anae-spec portion of the flag. My first idea was inverting the pink to its direct opposite, but the inverse of pink is green, and that's already taken by the aromantic spectrum. I didn't want to just make the zeparomantic flag again and say "it's actually different, I swear."
I considered just using grey for the anae-spec portion, but this felt lazy, and also just made it look like the ansthetic flag with an extra stripe. I didn't want to just make the entire flag pink, either. I knew I could do better than that. Anae-spec people deserve better than that.
So, after a lot of thinking, I ultimately landed on beige. This is often perceived as an aesthetically "dry" color, to the extent that it is sometimes used as a metaphor for plainness or lack of differentiation. I feel that this works well to convey the experience of anaestheticism. The appearance of other people is aesthetically unremarkable. And, as an added bonus, it pairs really nicely with pink!
After figuring out which color to use for the anae-spec portion of the flag, all there was left to do was format the colors in the same way as the other zepa- flags. Beige-tinted black for ansthetic, beige for the full ansthetic spectrum, beige-tinted grey for greyaesthetic, demiaesthetic, and other anae-spec identities which aren't strictly ansthetic, white for alloaesthetic, and pink for aesthetic attraction.
just wanted to tell you that youre my fav coiner... i love your flags and how you put symbolism in them, its something i dont see a lot. i also like how you dont use fonts or symbols for decorating the definition.
Thank you so much!! I've always taken a lot of pride in my flags, no pun intended. I also try to do my best to keep these posts accessible while still making them pretty. I love the aesthetic of a lot of other coining accounts, but I find that a lot of them prioritize aesthetics over accessibility. I hope I've found the right balance of the two.
Anyway I really appreciate your ask! This is a really nice thing to be told on my birthday. Have a lovely day!!
Gynosexual — A term for people (of any gender) who are attracted to women and/or femininity, usually primarily or exclusively. Also known as gynesexual.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut. Fair warning: the full description of the flag symbolism is very long, though a TLDR version is also included.
Etymology — From gyno or gyneco ("woman; female; feminine")
Flag Symbolism (TLDR) — The flag symbolism is as follows:
Pink represents "attracted to femininity" gynosexuality. There are two shades of pink, representing a spectrum of femininity.
Orange represents "attracted to women" gynosexuality. There are two shades of orange, representing a spectrum of womanhood.
Red represents the overlap of the two versions of gynosexuality.
Flag Symbolism (Full Explanation) — I wanted to create an alternative to the most common gynosexual flag.
Pink represents people who identify as gynosexual because they are attracted to femininity. Pink was chosen for femininity because it is often culturally perceived as a feminine color. There are two shades of pink, representing a spectrum of femininity.
Orange represents people who identify as gynosexual because they are attracted to women (not necessarily just feminine women). Orange was chosen for womanhood because it is a mix of red/pink and yellow (a color sometimes used to represent gender neutrality or gender diversity). Mixing yellow with red/pink to make orange makes the symbolism of womanhood distinct from the symbolism of femininity. There are two shades of orange, representing a spectrum of womanhood.
Red represents people who identify as gynosexual for both reasons. Red was chosen for the combination of both forms of symbolism because it is between magenta and orange on the color wheel (the shades of pink used in this flag are between magenta and red).
This flag is inclusive of the following:
People who identify as gynosexual because they are attracted to femininity (without this necessarily being tied to gender).
People who identify as gynosexual because they are attracted to women (not necessarily just feminine women).
People who identify as gynosexual for both reasons.
People who identify as gynosexual exclusively.
People who identify as gynosexual non-exclusively.
People who identify with a different suffix (e.g. gynoromantic).
This flag is not inclusive of people who identify as gynosexual because they're attracted to "female anatomy" regardless of gender. This definition of gynosexuality implicitly misgenders and excludes trans and intersex people.
Androsexual — A term for people (of any gender) who are attracted to men and/or masculinity, usually primarily or exclusively.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut. Fair warning: the full description of the flag symbolism is very long, though a TLDR version is also included.
Etymology — From the Greek andro ("man; male; masculine")
Flag Symbolism (TLDR) — The flag symbolism is as follows:
Blue represents "attracted to masculinity" androsexuality. There are two shades of blue, representing a spectrum of masculinity.
Green represents "attracted to men" androsexuality. There are two shades of green, representing a spectrum of manhood.
Cyan represents the overlap of the two versions of androsexuality.
Flag Symbolism (Full Explanation) — I wanted to create an alternative to the most common androsexual flag.
Blue represents people who identify as androsexual because they are attracted to masculinity. Blue was chosen for masculinity because it is often culturally perceived as a masculine color. There are two shades of blue, representing a spectrum of masculinity.
Green represents people who identify as androsexual because they are attracted to men. Green was chosen for manhood because it is a mix of blue and yellow (a color sometimes used to represent gender neutrality or gender diversity). Mixing yellow with blue to make green makes the symbolism of manhood distinct from the symbolism of masculinity. There are two shades of green, representing a spectrum of manhood.
Cyan represents represents people who identify as androsexual for both reasons. Cyan was chosen for the combination of both forms of symbolism because it is between blue and green on the color wheel.
This flag is inclusive of the following:
People who identify as androsexual because they are attracted to masculinity (without this necessarily being tied to gender)
People who identify as androsexual because they are attracted to men (not necessarily just masculine men)
People who identify as androsexual for both reasons
People who identify as androsexual exclusively
People who identify as androsexual non-exclusively
People who identify with a different suffix (e.g. androromantic)
This flag is not inclusive of people who identify as androsexual because they're attracted to "male anatomy" regardless of gender. This definition of androsexuality implicitly misgenders and excludes trans and intersex people.
Zepaplatonic — A term for people who are both aplatonic (or apl-spec) and alloplatonic, or are a mix of the two. For example, a person might identify as zepaplatonic if:
They are on the cusp of apl-spec and alloplatonic.
They experience a "grey area" of platonic attraction.
Their favorability towards friendships, platonic relationships, or platonic interaction does not align with their platonic attraction in the "expected" way, such as cupioplatonic, orchidplatonic, etc.
Their platonic attraction fluctuates, such as abroplatonic, aplflux, etc.
Their platonic orientation can otherwise be described as both alloplatonic and aplatonic, or on the aplatonic spectrum.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut.
Etymology — Originally, I called this synepaplatonic on October 24, 2025. It came from syn ("with; together"), ep ("in addition to; among" or "attached to") and a ("without; not"), literally meaning "with in addition to without" platonic attraction. It was coined as an alternative to Schrödiplatonic, for the same reasons that synepasexual was coined.
I then proposed that the term be updated to zepaplatonic on March 6, 2026, to simplify the term and make it a bit more accessible. The etymology is roughly the same, but the prefix syn is replaced with the letter z, representing the opposite of a and referencing the term zedplatonic. It can be pronounced "zeppuh" or "zeepuh" depending on personal preference; either one is correct.
Flag Symbolism — The flag takes heavy inspiration from the aplatonic flag and the zepasexual flag:
Black represents aplatonic people. It has a subtle blue tint to indicate inclusion in the aplatonic spectrum.
Blue represents the entire aplatonic spectrum. Blue was chosen because the aplatonic flag uses purple, blue, and green as an inverse of colors commonly used to represent friendship. Blue is the “middle” color of the three, and has the added bonus of being distinct from the purple and green of the synepace and syneparo flags, respectively.
Grey represents greyplatonic, demiplatonic, and other apl-spec identities that aren’t aplatonic. It has a subtle blue tint to indicate inclusion in the aplatonic spectrum.
White represents being alloplatonic.
Yellow represents platonic attraction, activity, and/or favorability. This was chosen because yellow is often used to represent friendship.
Term coined by — bloomcoining (October 24, 2025; March 6, 2026)
Zeparomantic — A term for people who are both aromantic (or aro-spec) and alloromantic, or are a mix of the two. For example, a person might identify as zeparomantic if:
They are on the cusp of aro-spec and alloromantic.
They experience a "grey area" of romantic attraction.
Their romance-favorability does not align with their romantic attraction in the "expected" way, such as cupioromantic, orchidromantic, etc.
Their romantic attraction fluctuates, such as abroromantic, aroflux, etc.
Their romantic orientation can otherwise be described as both alloromantic and aromantic, or on the aromantic spectrum.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut.
Etymology — Originally, I called this syneparomantic on October 24, 2025. It came from syn ("with; together"), ep ("in addition to; among" or "attached to") and a ("without; not"), literally meaning "with in addition to without" romantic attraction. It was coined as an alternative to Schrödiromantic, for the same reasons that synepasexual was coined.
I then proposed that the term be updated to zeparomantic on March 6, 2026, to simplify the term and make it a bit more accessible. The etymology is roughly the same, but the prefix syn is replaced with the letter z, representing the opposite of a and referencing the term zedromantic. It can be pronounced "zeppuh" or "zeepuh" depending on personal preference; either one is correct.
Flag Symbolism — The flag takes heavy inspiration from the aromantic flag and the zepasexual flag:
Black represents aromantic people. It has a subtle green tint to indicate inclusion in the aromantic spectrum.
Green represents the entire aromantic spectrum; green is the aromantic community color.
Grey represents greyromantic, demiromantic, and other aro-spec identities that aren’t aromantic. It has a subtle green tint to indicate inclusion in the aromantic spectrum.
White represents being alloromantic.
Pink represents romantic attraction, activity, and/or favorability. This was chosen based on some of the cultural associations this color has, such as charm, tenderness, sweetness, and romance.
Term coined by — bloomcoining (October 24, 2025; March 6, 2026)
Zepasexual — A term for people who are both asexual (or ace-spec) and allosexual, or are a mix of the two. For example, a person might identify as zepasexual if:
They are on the cusp of ace-spec and allosexual.
They experience a "grey area" of sexual attraction.
Their sex-favorability does not align with their sexual attraction in the "expected" way, such as cupiosexual, orchidsexual, etc.
Their sexual attraction fluctuates, such as abrosexual, aceflux, etc.
Their sexuality can otherwise be described as both allosexual and asexual/on the asexual spectrum.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut. Fair warning: the full description of the flag symbolism is very long, though a TLDR version is also included.
Etymology — Originally, I called this synepasexual on October 23, 2025, pronounced /ˌsɪ·nɛ·pəˈsɛkʃ·u·əɫ/
This was derived from rom syn ("with; together"), ep ("in addition to; among" or "attached to") and a ("without; not"), literally meaning "with in addition to without" sexual attraction.
Coined as an alternative to Schrödisexual, for the following reasons:
Schrödinger was a pedophile, a predator, and a misogynist.
Schrödinger came up with his thought experiment as a critique, as an illustration of what he believed to be problems with other theorists’ ideas regarding quantum mechanics.
Some people might not like the comparison to Schrödinger's cat.
The label is also sometimes used for “contradictory” sexualities in general, rather than specifically asexual/ace-spec + allosexual.
I then proposed that the term be updated to zepasexual on March 6, 2026, to simplify the term and make it a bit more accessible. The etymology is roughly the same, but the prefix syn is replaced with the letter z, representing the opposite of a and referencing the term zedsexual. It can be pronounced "zeppuh" or "zeepuh" depending on personal preference; either one is correct.
Flag Symbolism (TLDR) — Each stripe has its own meaning:
Black represents asexual people. It has a subtle purple tint to indicate inclusion in the asexual spectrum.
Purple represents the asexual spectrum as a whole.
Grey represents greysexual, demisexual, and other ace-spec identities that aren’t asexual. It has a subtle purple tint to indicate inclusion in the asexual spectrum.
White represents allosexuality.
Red represents sexual attraction, activity, and/or favorability.
Flag Symbolism (Full Explanation) — The flag takes heavy inspiration from the asexual flag.
The purple stripe represents the entire asexual spectrum; purple is the asexual community color. In the asexual pride flag, the purple stripe represents the asexual community.
The black stripe represents asexual people, as it does in the asexual flag. However, in the zepasexual flag, the stripe has a subtle purple tint, signaling its inclusion under the purple stripe.
The grey stripe is similar. In the zepasexual flag, it represents greysexuality, demisexuality, and other ace-spec identities aside from asexuality, while also having a subtle purple tint, for the same reason as the black stripe. Likewise, in the asexual flag, the grey stripe represents greysexual and demisexual people.
The white stripe represents allosexuality. This once again takes inspiration from the asexual flag, in which the white stripe represents allosexual partners and allies, who were referred to as "sexuals" at the time, prior to the popularization of this terminology.
The red stripe represents sexual attraction, activity, and/or favorability. This is the only stripe that doesn’t take inspiration from the asexual flag, and instead is based on some of the cultural associations that this color has. For example, red is used as a symbol of passion, sexuality, desire, and fertility in various parts of the world.
Term coined by — bloomcoining (October 23, 2025; March 6, 2026)
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