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> The IDIOT. Usually a cretin, morphodite, or old COBOL programmer https://www.lexico.com/definition/morphodite https://www.lexico.com/definition/morphodite >
by Phlogistique 6y ago
> The IDIOT. Usually a cretin, morphodite, or old COBOL programmer
https://www.lexico.com/definition/morphodite https://www.lexico.com/definition/morphodite
> Originally: a hermaphrodite; a person having both male and female sex characteristics. In later use also: a homosexual man or woman, especially one overtly manifesting features or attributes regarded as characteristic of the opposite sex; a transvestite.
Oh wow, TIL a new homophobic slur :-(
- sterlind 6y agoTbh it doesn't really make sense. Queer/trans people are accused of many things but not COBOL.
- supersandra 6y agoFWIW, I emailed the webmaster address for gnu.org, and they thanked me for my report and removed the slur. (I suspect it only snuck in there in the first place because it's obscure enough that nobody recognized it. Or at least I hope so.)