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Originally posted by Andre the Giant:
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Originally posted by Sean: [b]homophobia
n : prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
Just a question... wouldn't the proper definition of "homophobia" be fear of people with similar tastes?
"Homo" means "same" and "phobia" means "fear of." I know that the definition you posted is widely accepted and pretty clear... I was just pointing out that the widely used term is not quite correct. People should use "homosexualphobia" instead.[/b]
I hear you. According to the Oxford dictionary the term "Homo-" with the definition of "same" comes in at number three.
Number one is:
ho·mo 1 (n). A member of the genus Homo, which includes the extinct and extant species of humans
and number two:
ho·mo 2 (n.) A homosexual
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