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0 pointsPhlogistique5y ago0 comments

> The IDIOT. Usually a cretin, morphodite, or old COBOL programmer

https://www.lexico.com/definition/morphodite

> Originally: a hermaphrodite; a person having both male and female sex characteristics. In later use also: a homosexual man or woman, especially one overtly manifesting features or attributes regarded as characteristic of the opposite sex; a transvestite.

Oh wow, TIL a new homophobic slur :-(

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sterlind5y ago

Tbh it doesn't really make sense. Queer/trans people are accused of many things but not COBOL.

supersandra5y ago

FWIW, I emailed the webmaster address for gnu.org, and they thanked me for my report and removed the slur. (I suspect it only snuck in there in the first place because it's obscure enough that nobody recognized it. Or at least I hope so.)

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