🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml to transenby_liberation@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoIn the original Latin, "homosexual" meant a human with genderlemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
arrow-up158arrow-down1imageIn the original Latin, "homosexual" meant a human with genderlemmygrad.ml🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml to transenby_liberation@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-24 months agoWords that blend elements from multiple languages are apparently called “macaronics”, though I’ve also heard them called “chimera words”. Edit: They’re apparently called “hybridisms” and “macaronics” are some sort of more specific type of this
minus-squareLocalOaf [they/them, ze/hir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months ago ayyyy dey put macaron’ in da friggin’ languages
Words that blend elements from multiple languages are apparently called “macaronics”, though I’ve also heard them called “chimera words”.
Edit: They’re apparently called “hybridisms” and “macaronics” are some sort of more specific type of this
ayyyy dey put macaron’ in da friggin’ languages