• TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    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.

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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      2 months ago

      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

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      2 months ago

      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.

  • mathemachristian [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Heterosexual then would be a human with mixed genders? holy shit thats stupid

  • iridaniotter [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    nerd In Kim Stanley Robinson's science fiction novel 2312, due to the proliferation of advanced transsexual healthcare technology, the word "bisexual" refers to humans born with both female and male primary sexual characteristics.

    • glans [it/its]
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      2 months ago

      I've seen this used in historical texts before the definitions were solidified. (E.g. to describe intersex people.)

      • iridaniotter [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        So you're telling me bisexuals are reactionary ooooooooooooooh (that's really interesting)