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In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs—words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones—words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both.[1] Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument) are homonyms because they are homographs (though only the first two are homophones): so are the words see (vision) and sea (body of water), because they are homophones (though not homographs).

A more restrictive and technical definition requires that homonyms be simultaneously homographs and homophones[1] – that is to say they have identical spelling and pronunciation, but with different meanings. Examples are the pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person) and the pair left (past tense of leave) and left (opposite of right).

A distinction is sometimes made between true homonyms, which are unrelated in origin, such as skate (glide on ice) and skate (the fish), and polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, which have a shared origin, such as mouth (of a river) and mouth (of an animal).[2][3]

The relationship between a set of homonyms is called homonymy, and the associated adjective is homonymous, homonymic, or in latin, equivocal.

The adjective “homonymous” can additionally be used wherever two items share the same name,[4][5] independent of how closely they are or are not related in terms of their meaning or etymology. For example, the name Ōkami is homonymous with the Japanese term for “wolf” (ōkami).

Yah, I found my Sanrio-loving fanfic-writing trans bf during Calculus tutoring. Flipside of the same coin. You gotta find the places where the shitposters would congregate. Arcades, boardgame clubs, libraries, gardening clubs, anywhere where Shojo manga is sold, volunteering maybe. You really have to fight to find one in person, but they exist. Wherever being “Autistic is a compliment”, my bf says being autistic themselves.

I, for one, enjoy mutilating established meme formats with the stylings of a more classic meme

It’s a cylinder.

In UI/UX design they’re the opposite of power users, technologically illiterate, bandwagoners, PC culture, the 90% of a social media site’s users, average joes, your grandma on the internet. They’re used to the conventions of other sites and have little appetite for complexity in their search for content.

None of this is meant with any bad connotations. They’re a user class with a distinct set of needs. Beehaw blocks them due to the registration hassle. Kbin is maybe 75% of the way there. Much of the fediverse is decidedly anti-normie. Marxist-Leninists and edgy teenagers abound.

Note that the reason normies have a bad connotation is because their influx leads to a certain homogeneity and a stripping of established cultures. The term is used as a slur to counteract this effect. Those with anti-popular tastes will centralize elsewhere usually.

They claimed it was volume of posts and the free registration. It costs nothing to make a new account on shitjustworks and completely flood a beehaw post full of just plain mean comments. Beehaw wants some ability to decide who posts. For their own site you have to submit a tiny application, but they would prefer that problematic instances be limited in only posting. They don’t mind sharing posts, but federation is explicitly two way. Until moderation tools fill the gap they are doing it in defense.