Everyone knows what a homo is. ...Short for homosexual. Everyone now knows what a homophobe is.
It wasn't until recently that the 4th definition of 'gay' was added to the English dictionary. Why gay and not miserable?
Spiders and snakes. At a distance they don't bother me. When they're close they give me the creeps. It's the same with homos.
The bastardized term `homophobe' mixes Greek and slang. If both root words `homos' (same) and `phobos' (fear) are to be read for their Greek origins, then
A `homophobe' is someone with an irrational fear of those who are exactly the same as oneself.
Me, I'm not afraid of other conservative heterosexuals who own guns.