[eastsider]

I didn't read it as an attempt to euphemize but rather to correct a solecism. The word homosexual, coined in 1892, solecistically combines the Greek homo with the Latin-based sexual. The word homoerotic is preferable because it combines the Greek homo with the Greek-based erotic.

[hinckley buzzard]

"homosexual, coined in 1892, solecistically combines the Greek homo with the Latin-based sexual. The word homoerotic is preferable because it combines the Greek homo with the Greek-based erotic."


oookie-dokie. If it works for you...:)