• atro_city
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        103 months ago

        How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too?

        • @[email protected]
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          513 months ago

          How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too?

          “A humanoid is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid

          A humanoid is by definition not human, hence calling a human a humanoid is dehumanizing.

        • babybus
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          3 months ago

          And the n-word literally means “black”. But from the context we know that it is being used as a derogatory word just like in this case.

        • @[email protected]
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          143 months ago

          -oid is like -esque, in that it describes something that resembles the root word, without actually being it.

    • @SPRUNTnsfw
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      313 months ago

      I think it’s supposed to be some kind of derogatory label for women, but is really just an identifier that the person using it is a worthless being whose opinion is as relevant as a gnats thoughts on the economy.