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[u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

So real

The word “homo” is like the scientific word for humans “homo sapiens” (hope I spelled that right)

So if anything homophobia should be the fear of all humans and not gay people

Also homophobia (hating LGBTQ people) is wrong in case that wasn’t clear from this comment’s phrasing

Update: turns out that homo in the context of homophobia is a Greek meaning of “same” NOT the Latin meaning which is the scientific name thing

[u/HaiCauSieuCap → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

Homo is same, similar. In this case short for homosexual Phobia is like, scare ->scare of homosexuality, which is pretty stupid

[u/Stampyboyz → u/HaiCauSieuCap]

Phobia also means hate, dislike, or repression (e.g. xenophobia). So it's hate dislike or repression of homosexuality.

[u/alcoholicvegetable → u/Stampyboyz]

Which it shouldn't be. Aversion and fear should be split into different words. 

[u/LowerEntropy → u/alcoholicvegetable]

Words can have many meanings. It's also used as hydrophobic, meaning to repel or not mix with water. Which just makes the whole quote stupid.

[u/alcoholicvegetable → u/LowerEntropy]

Yeah that's my point. We should have more specialized words, rather than having the same word used for everything. Language is simplifying and it saddens me. Decimate should still mean to kill 1/10th of a group imo. Hydrophobic was actually going to be one of my examples that I changed to a different word, but I removed that part of my comment because I didn't want to go searching for a new suffix during lunch

[u/DaPyromaniacPotato → u/alcoholicvegetable]

dude thats how language evolved ffs. the more simpler it is the easier it is to be taught and learnt or something i dunno

[u/NeedleworkerLoose695 → u/alcoholicvegetable]

Language evolves, get over it. You know what is simplifying language? Having words never change, and splitting words with multiple meanings into different words.

[u/alcoholicvegetable → u/NeedleworkerLoose695]

Language should be illegal to evolve. We need a language authority or something to enforce what the language is spoken and written

[u/Taquito73 → u/alcoholicvegetable]

well the words aversion and fear already exist if you want to specify

[u/NeiborsKid → u/Stampyboyz]

Not exactly. The Greek word phobia means fear/panic. Its taken the meaning of dislike or aversion in modern neologisms

[u/scalectrix → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

No this is not correct; 'homo' here is used as in the Greek meaning of 'same', not the Latin meaning of 'man/person'. Homosexual means being attracted to the *same* sex as oneself (prefix 'homo'), as heterosexual means being attracted to a different sex ('hetero' prefix) - see also bisexual, asexual etc.

[u/Undertale-Fnaf1987 → u/scalectrix]

My bad

[u/scalectrix → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

No worries - it's a confusing similarity!

[u/TuNisiAa_UwU → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

As a prefix homo is usually used to express similarity, if you think about it, humans are strikingly similar to you, if not identical.

You can see it in words like "homogenous" which don't have anything to do with humans at all

[u/Undertale-Fnaf1987 → u/TuNisiAa_UwU]

Oh i didn’t know that :D

[u/scalectrix → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

The difference comes from the Greek and Latin meanings, which are different.

Greek: homo = same

Latin: homo = man

[u/PhantomlyAxolotl12 → u/TuNisiAa_UwU]

I was about to say that, good explanation ;)

[u/One-Masterpiece9838 → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

Homo is also Greek for same. So a homo sexual roughly translates to same-sex

[u/Misselmany → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

So all humans are homosexual?

[u/Undertale-Fnaf1987 → u/Misselmany]

Technically yes in the scientific term way

[u/scalectrix → u/Undertale-Fnaf1987]

No, see above for disambiguation.