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Homosexual literally means "of or relating to the same sex," but—despite being in a same-sex relationship—I don't think I'm wrong in being offended when someone
by torstenvl 3y ago
Homosexual literally means "of or relating to the same sex," but—despite being in a same-sex relationship—I don't think I'm wrong in being offended when someone calls me a homo.
The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word.
- mlyle 3y ago> The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word. Here it really just means that: not trans.
- croes 3y agoIt's not about etymology but about Musk's free speech claim. Dead naming or misgendering isn't a problem for him but cis is a slur?
- torstenvl 3y ago>>> “Cissexual was coined in the mid 1990s by a German sexologist. He used the Latin preposition cis, meaning “on this side of,” as a contrast to transsexual, trans being the Latin for “on the other side of” or “across.”” >> The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word. > It's not about etymology Ok.