Talk:orientationist

Noun

 * 1) One who oppresses or hates people of sexual orientations other than his own.
 * 2) *1998 September 15, Mark Wilden , "Re: Most naive and uninformed American tourists in Europe", rec.travel.europe, et al., Usenet,
 * And why do you assume that only men appreciate a good-looking woman? And so soon after the Emmies! You orientationist, you!

orientationist
Rfv noun sense. I've cited the adjective sense, but can't seem to cite the noun. Perhaps someone else can.&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 00:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't "-ist" normally form a noun referring to believers or practicioners of the corresponding "-ism"? Aren't your adjectival quotes exemplars of nouns used as adjectives? Does one need to document both noun and adjective use of a noun in English, which is rife with such usage. DCDuring 07:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Normally, "-ist" forms a noun, and "-ist" as an adjective would just be an attributive form of that noun. But words like racist, sexist, and ageist — of which the instant word is one — are exceptions in my opinion: they're really adjectives. That is, "racist joke" does not mean "joke of or about a racist" (as "lawyer joke" means "joke about a lawyer" and "comedian joke" can mean "joke of a comedian"); rather, it means "joke that is racist". (Note too that there's no adjective *"racistic" (or the others).) So, yes, we have two separate senses: noun and adjective. And the question here is whether we can document the noun sense; I haven't been able to.&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 20:52, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * There is actually an adjective racistic: . --Ptcamn 09:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless, the rest of what I said holds (imo).&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 17:20, 29 November 2007 (UTC)