Talk:համասեռամոլ

RFC discussion: September 2012
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. ---&#62; 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"  86.169.36.11 03:23, 26 September 2012 (UTC)