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  • Dilbert: Sapoisexual

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 10 13:52:14 2022
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    Dilbert: Sapoisexual
    https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-05-10

    This is not going to a good place.

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to John W Kennedy on Tue May 10 18:59:00 2022
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    On 5/10/2022 6:34 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
    On 5/10/22 2:52 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dilbert: Sapoisexual
        https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-05-10

    This is not going to a good place.

    Lynn

    I don’t offhand see why. “Sapiosexual” hasn’t made it into the OED yet,
    but it’s been around for about twenty years, and I, myself, can testify
    the phenomenon is real enough.

    Well if the OED only has 600,000 words in it, it is hardly the
    definitive authority on the English language. Do I have to mention
    James Nicoll and his 3,000,000 stolen words ?
    https://www.oed.com/

    However, the Urban Dictionary has seven pages of definitions.
    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sapiosexual

    And according to Merriam-Webster, the first known usage of Sapiosexual
    was in 2004.
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sapiosexual

    Lynn

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue May 10 19:34:36 2022
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    On 5/10/22 2:52 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dilbert: Sapoisexual
       https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-05-10

    This is not going to a good place.

    Lynn

    I don’t offhand see why. “Sapiosexual” hasn’t made it into the OED yet, but it’s been around for about twenty years, and I, myself, can testify
    the phenomenon is real enough.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Wed May 11 12:12:09 2022
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    On Tue, 10 May 2022 18:59:00 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 5/10/2022 6:34 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
    On 5/10/22 2:52 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dilbert: Sapoisexual
        https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-05-10

    This is not going to a good place.

    Lynn

    I don’t offhand see why. “Sapiosexual” hasn’t made it into the OED yet,
    but it’s been around for about twenty years, and I, myself, can testify
    the phenomenon is real enough.

    Well if the OED only has 600,000 words in it, it is hardly the
    definitive authority on the English language. Do I have to mention
    James Nicoll and his 3,000,000 stolen words ?
    https://www.oed.com/

    However, the Urban Dictionary has seven pages of definitions.
    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sapiosexual

    And according to Merriam-Webster, the first known usage of Sapiosexual
    was in 2004.
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sapiosexual


    I suspect that it has come into the public's awareness through its use
    by Sandra Bullock's character in the recent movie "The Lost City".

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  • From Quinn C@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 11 14:05:29 2022
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    * John W Kennedy:

    On 5/10/22 2:52 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dilbert: Sapoisexual
       https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-05-10

    This is not going to a good place.

    Lynn

    I don’t offhand see why. “Sapiosexual” hasn’t made it into the OED yet,
    but it’s been around for about twenty years, and I, myself, can testify
    the phenomenon is real enough.

    In my world, the word is established enough that it had time to become unsalvageable (being interpreted as "I look down on less educated
    people".)

    --
    If women could save heterosexuality and make it healthy on their own,
    they would have done it by now, 'cause they are trying.
    -- Moira Donegan on The Feminist Present

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