TENSEXUAL
Adjective
Definition: Of, relating to, involving, and/or characteristic of sexual tension, esp. that which results in frustration and/or dissatisfaction for those who personally experience this erotic conflict and/or those cognizant observers acquainted with these players and said sexual situation.
Etymology: Combination of “tense” (
Latin tnsus, past participle of tendere, to stretch) and “sexual” (Late
Latin sexulis, from Latin sexus, sex). First used in 2006 to describe the condition that developed when two good-looking, companionable,
single, and heterosexual American college students of opposite genders failed to consummate their obviously mutual sexual attraction to one another.