Talk:համասեռամոլ

RFC discussion: September 2012

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համասեռամոլ

This is currently defined as "[[homosexualist]]", which that entry in turn defines merely as "homosexual". So should this entry be defined as "homosexual"? (Also note the etymology.) See also միասեռական, etc. - -sche (discuss) 23:14, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't see any problem. "Homosexualist" and "homosexual" (noun) are synonyms in English. In Russian we use гомосексуалист (gomosɛksualíst) as nouns only. Perhaps Vahagn used "homosexualist" (not "homosexual") as a term better understood in ex-USSR and to make sure it's not confused with an adjective? --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 00:08, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Ok, if there's no difference in meaning on the Armenian side, I've gone ahead and changed the entries to "homosexual", because, in English, "homosexualist" is considerably rarer than "homosexual" and is often pejorative. - -sche (discuss) 00:37, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I think it should be alright. Thanks. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 00:41, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

• I've often heard "homosexualist" used in a jocular way. Not sure if such a sense can be attested though. ---> Tooironic (talk) 09:15, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

In addition, homosexualist looks like it is currently being used pejoratively to refer to some kind of ideology:

"A homosexualist is a heterosexual who advocates the homosexual agenda. Bill Clinton, for example, is an excellent example of a homosexualist."

You can't make this stuff up. DCDuring TALK 01:27, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

As I recall, the British magazine Private Eye used to use "homosexualist" as a deliberately ridiculous word for a homosexual person. (Maybe it still does ... I haven't read it for years.) I didn't know it was real word that could be used "sensibly". Collins dictionary labels it "old-fashioned" [1] 86.169.36.11 03:23, 26 September 2012 (UTC)