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That essay reminded me of something: what's with the sentence construction "I'm not a homophobic"?

Posted by Reagen Aug 15 '12, 18:46

Do they just not know the word is "homophobe"?

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bearing in mind one of the people in question is bristol palin, and she appears to know basically nothing. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 19:53 9
- Why hasn't Mama Bear sent her off to college. -- nm - the liioulu with bug bites Aug 15, 20:06 8
  - tangent: I finally *saw* GameChange. I read the book but somehow seeing it was even worse. - Mel Profit Aug 15, 20:33 1
    - yikes. -- nm - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 20:33
  - Money-wise, they are being smart. Strike the reality tv iron while it's hot. - ty97 Aug 15, 20:18 2
    - But a show called Bristol Goes to College could run for probably a decade. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 20:28 1
      - uh huh. Throw in the other one and you got two decades. -- nm - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 20:30
  - because right now she can still make money off her celebrity, such as it is. - mafic Aug 15, 20:14 1
    - I'm thnking it isn't going to happen. -- nm - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 20:24
  - Because she will probably get pregnant again -- nm - Bacon Aug 15, 20:10
They're absently forgetting the last part, "bastard." -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 19:07
Yeah. Sometimes the noun *does* end with -ic (paranoid schizophrenic), so they use that construction by mistake. -- nm - mara Aug 15, 18:52 1
- "I'm not a paranoid schizophrene." heheh -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:10
I'm wonder if it's language in transition to form one adjective/noun that's the same - ty97 Aug 15, 18:48 1
- Or...the person doesn't know better. Wasn't that the Bristol Palin quote? -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 15, 18:51

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That essay reminded me of something: what's with the sentence construction "I'm not a homophobic"?

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