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    [[File:Quoi.png|thumb|220x220px|The quoiromantic flag.]]
    '''Quoiromantic''' (also called '''WTFromantic''' or '''Whatromantic''') is an alternative to a romantic orientation label.
    '''Quoiromantic''' (also called '''WTFromantic''' or '''Whatromantic''') is an alternative to a romantic orientation label. Quoiromantic can have many different meanings, and is an umbrella term for anyone who doesn't quite understand their romantic orientation. Quoiromantic experiences may include:

    * Being unsure if one experiences romantic attraction or not.
    Quoiromantic experiences may include:
    * Finding the concept of romance to be inaccessible, inapplicable, or nonsensical.
    * Being unsure if you experience romantic attraction or not
    * Disidentifying with the concept of romantic attraction- either as a social construct or as something potentially applicable to oneself.
    * Finding the concept of romance to be inaccessible, inapplicable, or nonsensical
    * Questioning romanticism for such a long time that the questioning itself becomes the identity, rather than a path toward any other more stable identity
    * Questioning romanticism for such a long time that the questioning itself becomes the identity, rather than a path toward any other more stable identity.


    == Origin ==
    == Origin ==
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    == Symbolism ==
    == Symbolism ==
    [[File:CorsQuoiFlag.png|thumb|220x220px|Cor's original flag design, edited to add the intended transparency]]
    [[File:CorsQuoiFlag.png|thumb|220x220px|Cor's original flag design, edited to add the intended transparency]]
    In 2015, Cor proposed a flag design for the quoi identity: four lavender question marks rotated in a ring to share a single dot, overlaid on a cool grey background in a house-shape, instead of the traditional rectangular flag.<ref>[https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/129602967777/ok-problem-solved-i-found-a-color-called-cool Cor's Quoi Flag Proposal]</ref> Other Flag design proposals have combined blue, green, black, and white or gray.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/147022017775/quoi Quoiromantic Flag Designs]</ref> More recently, some simplified designs have been propsed inspired by the nontraditional flag shape idea, using a triangular flag shape instead.<ref>[https://queer-buccaneers.tumblr.com/post/185068311262/heres-an-idea-i-had-for-a-quoi-flag-thats-easier Simplified Quoi Flag Proposals]</ref>
    In 2015, Cor proposed a flag design for the quoi identity: four lavender question marks rotated in a ring to share a single dot, overlaid on a cool grey background in a house-shape, instead of the traditional rectangular flag.<ref>[https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/129602967777/ok-problem-solved-i-found-a-color-called-cool Cor's Quoi Flag Proposal]</ref> Other Flag design proposals have combined blue, green, black, and white or gray.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/147022017775/quoi Quoiromantic Flag Designs]</ref> More recently, some simplified designs have been proposed inspired by the nontraditional flag shape idea, using a triangular flag shape instead.<ref>[https://queer-buccaneers.tumblr.com/post/185068311262/heres-an-idea-i-had-for-a-quoi-flag-thats-easier Simplified Quoi Flag Proposals]</ref>


    == References ==
    == References ==
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