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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 9 May 1999 21:29:02 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
> <cross-posted to .off-topic.debate, follow-up set there, too>
Oh dear...
> The dictionary isn't alway the safest bet - given that dictionaries will often
> include slang words and phrases.
Well they are words too but not in this case.
> Homophobic is a slang term, which derives from another slang term 'homo'
> (homosexual), and has no basis as a scientific term. It's unfortuate, and I
> do my best to never use it, and attempt to gently correct friends when they
> use it, because, as is often the case, a scientific-sounding term is being
> used to provide an opinion with a sense of legitimacy.
Well homophobia is in regular use everywhere - I wouldn't call that
slang.
> What I always found particularly ironic is that, going by the way the various
> "phobias" are structured (from the greek), homophobia means 'fear of same'
> Think about that, next time someone describes themself as homophobic. ;-)
I know that - homo also means man according to Mr Stanley - so it could
be fear of men. This is an example of a word which is not a sum of it's
component parts.
> Bigot has become a hot-buton word, that gets thrown at people to escalate
> debates away from real issues. I try to never use it unless I really mean
> it. I also try and honestly reconsider whenever someone calls me bigoted.
> (hasn't happened in a long time)
I don't use the word bigot because it's not part of normal vocabulary.
> It is. (the conversation moving to debate, not your name getting bad)
I suppose it's the best place for it.
--
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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 (...) (28 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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