sapiosexual

[kareina]

I learned a new word today. I found it in the list of interests in the profile of a friend of a friend her on LJ (though it may be that a number of my own friends already list it, and I just didn't notice because I haven't been looking at interest lists to see what people list that I don't that I might like to add). The person who is credited with coining the term defines it here, and the person in whose journal I first saw the term defines it here.

I very much like the word--sapiosexual clearly defines my own preferences in partners--I don't care what gender(s) people are, or what their body type is, if I fall in love with them I find them attractive, if I don't, I won't (thinking a package beautiful from a distance does not equate to finding them attractive--"ooo pretty" turns to "ooo gross" in a second if they display the wrong characteristics/personality traits/habits). If they don't have an impressive brain, I'm not going to fall in love. It is just that simple.