new word for homosexuality?

MS.ing · 03-04-2014 9:36am #1

who gave the word to gay people, it doesnt make any sense !

all humans on earth are homo SAPIENs, so why use a word like that in homosexual? when homo means human. yeah perfect sense, sexual human! seriously wtf :rolleyes:

think its time for a new word, or at least use the current word, gay, more officially?

gay: attraction exclusively to person of same sex.

bi sexual: attraction to persons of both sexes.

wtf does homsexual mean? 'sexual person' um yeah, yes that makes it perfectly clear, most people that are not gay are 'sexual persons' !

Links234 · 03-04-2014 9:37am

Is this an epiphany you had in the shower this morning?

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 03-04-2014 9:38am

Correct if I'm wrong but I thought it came from 'Homogeneous', hence the contrasting term heterosexual.

MS.ing · 03-04-2014 9:39am

Links234 wrote: »

Is this an epiphany you had in the shower this morning?

just an 'oh yeah wtf is with that anyway' moment

The_Pretender · 03-04-2014 9:39am

'Homo' comes from Ancient Greek meaning 'same' so it means a romantic attraction between those of the 'same sex'.

I'm fairly sure that's it, open to correction.

DamagedTrax · 03-04-2014 9:40am

Homosexuality (from Ancient Greek ὁμός, meaning "same", and Latin sexus, meaning "sex")

bodice ripper · 03-04-2014 9:40am

Like there aren't enough names already...

Riskymove · 03-04-2014 9:40am

MS.ing wrote: »

when homo means human.

no it doesn't so that's that then!

jjdub1 · 03-04-2014 9:41am

Homo doesn't mean human , it means same

strobe · 03-04-2014 9:41am

This is embarasing.

jjdub1 · 03-04-2014 9:42am

^^^^^

Duggy747 · 03-04-2014 9:43am

Homersexuals

Dravokivich · 03-04-2014 9:43am

MS.ing wrote: »

gay: attraction exclusively to person of same sex.

Wait, a gay isn't slang for brothels any more?

MS.ing · 03-04-2014 9:46am

Dravokivich wrote: »

Wait, a gay isn't slang for brothels any more?

uraguay must be one big brothel then

bradlente · 03-04-2014 9:46am

strobe wrote: »

This is embarasing.

It sure is.

aidoh · 03-04-2014 9:47am

Lots of language historians and zoologists on boards, apparently

Homo is the genus of different species of humans, including ourselves (Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo erectus +loads more).
It does literally mean same as well though, leading to a lot of the confusion in here!

MS.ing · 03-04-2014 9:47am

Duggy747 wrote: »

Homersexuals

homertax :pac:

El Weirdo · 03-04-2014 9:48am

Riskymove wrote: »

no it doesn't so that's that then!

jjdub1 wrote: »

Homo doesn't mean human , it means same

It means human or man in Latin.

Although, seeing as the Greeks invented gayness, it's only right that we go with their meaning.

strobe · 03-04-2014 9:49am

bradlente wrote: »

It sure is.

I'm gonna go with the party line that that was a clever meta joke on my part.

Oink · 03-04-2014 9:50am

aidoh wrote: »

Lots of language historians and zoologists on boards, apparently

Yeah. Or just people who once opened a book.

OP made me cry a little.

MS.ing · 03-04-2014 9:53am

Oink wrote: »

Yeah. Or just people who once opened a book.

OP made me cry a little.

a gay book? I mean homosexual one. not my bag fella not my bag

03-04-2014 10:06am

"I never understood the hate on a n-word's preference
When every marriage is a same sex marriage
Same sex everyday, monotonous"

Great lyric from Childish Gambino. Obviously censored as I kinda like not being banned.

gramar · 03-04-2014 10:12am

I always liked the word 'poof' myself.

kiffer · 03-04-2014 10:24am

Homophobia is the fear of things that are the same...

03-04-2014 10:31am

gramar wrote: »

I always liked the word 'poof' myself.

Dangnambit I really want to tell a joke about a gay magician now, but I'll probably get banned for it. Ho-hum.

stefan idiot jones · 03-04-2014 10:32am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Dangnambit I really want to tell a joke about a gay magician now, but I'll probably get banned for it. Ho-hum.

He pulled a rabbit out of his. ......

gramar · 03-04-2014 10:38am

Deleted User wrote: »

Dangnambit I really want to tell a joke about a gay magician now, but I'll probably get banned for it. Ho-hum.

Do you mean the magician that made himself disappear with a poof?

Oink · 03-04-2014 10:38am

MS.ing wrote: »

wtf does homsexual mean? 'sexual person'

kiffer wrote: »

Homophobia is the fear of things that are the same...

Someone please make it stop...

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03-04-2014 10:47am

It's a good point. If homosexuality is same sex then homophobia is the fear of things that are the same, then does that mean I'm homophobic because I'm terrified of twins?

Oink · 03-04-2014 10:55am

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a good point. If homosexuality is same sex then homophobia is the fear of things that are the same, then does that mean I'm homophobic because I'm terrified of twins?

You're not the first one to point that out according to wikipedia:

The etymology of homophobia citing the union of homos and phobos is the basis for LGBT historian Boswell's criticism of the term and for his suggestion in 1980 of the alternative homosexophobia.[103]

Grab All Association · 03-04-2014 11:01am

Bart: Hello is Homer there?
Moe: Homer who?
Bart: Homer Sexual.
Moe: Wait one second. Let me check. Uh, Homer Sexual? Uh, come on. Come on. One of you guys has gotta be Homer Sexual.

The Diabolical Monocle · 03-04-2014 11:09am

Home furnishings inclined.
Techno-artistic.

Or just straight up faaabulous.

Czarcasm · 03-04-2014 11:20am

There was a time when being gay meant you were happy. Language, just like humans, evolves.

03-04-2014 11:21am

And queer meant strange.

bear1 · 03-04-2014 11:28am

Gay also mean happy OP.
And tbh I usually notice "gay" people to be happy... I believe it's because they can finally split the bill at dinner.
There are worse names to call homosexuals.

kiffer · 03-04-2014 11:41am

Oink wrote: »

You're not the first one to point that out according to wikipedia:

The etymology of homophobia citing the union of homos and phobos is the basis for LGBT historian Boswell's criticism of the term and for his suggestion in 1980 of the alternative homosexophobia.[103]

He's not even the first person to point it out in this tread!
And for the record I was going to go for the "homophobes are secretly gay" thing, hence the "same" as the people they fear.

Mike747 · 03-04-2014 12:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

And queer meant strange.

Always funny when you hear an older person say something like 'that fella's awful queer'.

Sauve · 03-04-2014 12:12pm

Bergstrasse wrote: »

What is the term for someone who is actuall afraid of homosexuals rather than discriminatory of them?

"scaredypants"

Davarus Walrus · 03-04-2014 12:18pm

The Viz Profanisaurus defines a homosexual as

n. A man or woman who is attracted to members of his or her own gender. From the Greek homos = lifter, sexualos - togas.

Sisko · 03-04-2014 12:20pm

MS.ing wrote: »

who gave the word to gay people, it doesnt make any sense !

all humans on earth are homo SAPIENs, so why use a word like that in homosexual? when homo means human. yeah perfect sense, sexual human! seriously wtf :rolleyes:

think its time for a new word, or at least use the current word, gay, more officially?

gay: attraction exclusively to person of same sex.

bi sexual: attraction to persons of both sexes.

wtf does homsexual mean? 'sexual person' um yeah, yes that makes it perfectly clear, most people that are not gay are 'sexual persons' !

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padd b1975 · 03-04-2014 12:44pm

Bergstrasse wrote: »

What is the term for someone who is actuall afraid of homosexuals rather than discriminatory of them?

Handsome?

J_E · 03-04-2014 12:46pm

Bergstrasse wrote: »

What is the term for someone who is actuall afraid of homosexuals rather than discriminatory of them?

A moron...

I've come back to this post a few times and I'm still trying to figure out how you could be afraid of a gay person (unless you've been told strange stories about them). Like, imagine you have a best friend of a few years and they tell you they are gay, do you suddenly recoil in horror and discredit your years of close friendship? Utterly bizarre that this probably does happen.

RobbingBandit · 03-04-2014 12:47pm

Homo erectus was already taken.

WilyCoyote · 03-04-2014 5:51pm

I once knew an ageing homosexual that asked his doctor for viagra pills that were 1/8 as strong as the conventional ones. The doctor told him that this dose would not be strong enough for sex. The guy replied that he didn't need it for sex but just strong enough to stop him pissing on his loafers.