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| <cross-posted to .off-topic.debate, follow-up set there, too> (...) The dictionary isn't alway the safest bet - given that dictionaries will often include slang words and phrases. (...) Homophobic is a slang term, which derives from another slang (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Oh dear... (...) Well they are words too but not in this case. (...) Well homophobia is in regular use everywhere - I wouldn't call that slang. (...) I know that - homo also means man according to Mr Stanley - so it could be fear of men. This (...) (26 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) various (...) Yes, but as I stated above, it mimics scientific (medical) terminology, without actually having that scientific basis behind it. By doing so, it masquarades as a legitimate term for a condition, when in fact, it is a coined (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Similiar to other made-up terms, such as "homosexual"? Steve (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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