🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml to transenby_liberation • 2 months agoIn the original Latin, "homosexual" meant a human with genderimagemessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159imageIn the original Latin, "homosexual" meant a human with gender🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml to transenby_liberation • 2 months agomessage-square16 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareTerminalEncounter [she/her]hexbear21·2 months agoI think this is one of those Greek and Latin special combos, cause homo just means same in old ass Greek and hetero means different in old ass Greek. link
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]hexbear12·edit-22 months agoWords that blend elements from multiple languages are apparently called "macaronics", though I've also heard them called "chimera words". Edit: They're apparently called "hybridisms" and "macaronics" are some sort of more specific type of this link
minus-squareLocalOaf [they/them]hexbear5·2 months ago ayyyy dey put macaron' in da friggin' languages link
minus-squareWertheimer [any]hexbear7·edit-22 months agoA.E. Housman, or maybe just the version of him in a Tom Stoppard play, rejected the label "homosexual" because he considered the bastardized Greek-Latin hybrid an insult to language. link
I think this is one of those Greek and Latin special combos, cause homo just means same in old ass Greek and hetero means different in old ass Greek.
Words that blend elements from multiple languages are apparently called "macaronics", though I've also heard them called "chimera words".
Edit: They're apparently called "hybridisms" and "macaronics" are some sort of more specific type of this
A.E. Housman, or maybe just the version of him in a Tom Stoppard play, rejected the label "homosexual" because he considered the bastardized Greek-Latin hybrid an insult to language.