semantics

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:39, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Well, yes, but a paedophile is someone who is attracted to prepubescents.
Ephebophilia is adolescents, which your average 14 year old is.

Though "paedophilia" is a catchall term that is used without regard for its strict original meaning, he is technically not a paedophile.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:41, Reply)

I refer you to my learned colleagues post below.

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:43, Reply)

I apologise but misuse of greek-rooted words does occasionally annoy me.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:44, Reply)

does it annoy you when people say octopi?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Yes, and it annoys me when people say medias and datas
and when they don't use the subjunctive.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:46, Reply)

It annoys me when people say, "25 year old male"
Male what exactly?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:47, Reply)

Baby cats are kittens and baby dogs are puppys
what on earth are baby humans?
( Peej, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:49, Reply)

lunch

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:50, Reply)

Yet male can be used as a noun
"the male of the species" etc, so it makes grammatical sense.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:49, Reply)

If indeed that really is sense.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:51, Reply)

Hello chubbikins.
Hope all's well!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:52, Reply)

Not on planet of the naked ape

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:55, Reply)

You're a logophile.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:43, Reply)

That is true.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:43, Reply)

Kroney is a LOGophile

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 13:44, Reply)