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::::The [[http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/H0255700.html second entry]] is "''Offensive Slang'' Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or lesbian."
 
::::The [[http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/H0255700.html second entry]] is "''Offensive Slang'' Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or lesbian."
 
::::The entry for the ''prefix'' (not word) [http://www.bartleby.com/61/58/H0255800.html homo-] is, indeed, "same."  
 
::::The entry for the ''prefix'' (not word) [http://www.bartleby.com/61/58/H0255800.html homo-] is, indeed, "same."  
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::::I'd like to make a request: due diligence really requires checking a dictionary before saying what a word "means," if it's an important element of a debate. (The dictionary is ''prima facie'' correct. If the dictionary is wrong, fine, but in that case what the dictionary says and then explain why it's wrong.) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:11, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
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::::I'd like to make a request: due diligence really requires checking a dictionary before saying what a word "means," if it's an important element of a debate. (The dictionary is ''prima facie'' correct. If the dictionary is wrong, fine, but in that case one should both state what the dictionary says and then explain why it's wrong.) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:11, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
 
*(2) this misuse of the term appears to be a end run around the various [[evolution]] amd [[homosexuality]] articles
 
*(2) this misuse of the term appears to be a end run around the various [[evolution]] amd [[homosexuality]] articles
 
===Decision ===
 
===Decision ===
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