# bi-curious

Pronunciation: US say "by-KYUR-ee-is" /baiˈkjɚ.i.ɪs/; UK say "by-KYOOR-ee-uhs" /bʌɪˈkjʊə.ɹɪəs/

## Adjective

1. Open to relationships with both men and women out of curiosity about one's own possible bisexuality, especially a heterosexual person considering a first same-sex experience.
   - Simple: Curious about whether you might enjoy being with someone of the same sex, when you usually date the other sex.
   - _Many bi-curious adults explore their feelings quietly before talking them through with a partner._
   - _He described himself as bi-curious, uncertain whether his attraction reached beyond women._

## Origin

A combination of 'bi' and 'curious', first appearing around 1984 in a personal ad in the newspaper The Orange County Register.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bi-curious (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).