homophobic

omofobo

Che mostra avversione verso le persone omosessuali o le tratta ingiustamente.

In inglese semplice: Showing dislike or unfair treatment of gay people.

• He made a homophobic comment.
• The school took action against homophobic bullying.
• She challenged the homophobic attitudes she heard at work.

Sinonimi: anti-gay

Espressioni comuni: homophobic abuse, homophobic comments, homophobic attitudes

fastidioso, irritante

Detto per scherzo, soprattutto online, di qualcosa di fastidioso o che sembra ingiusto.

In inglese semplice: Annoying or unfair, said jokingly about an inconvenience, especially online.

• This rain is so homophobic.
• My friends joked that the cancelled concert was homophobic.
• It is homophobic of my alarm to ring this early.

Come si usa: homophobic of someone to do something (It was homophobic of the bus driver to leave before I arrived.)

Sinonimi: annoying, irritating

Espressioni comuni: so homophobic, homophobic of someone

eterocromatico

Con occhi di colore diverso; uso volutamente sbagliato della parola per scherzo su internet.

In inglese semplice: Having eyes of different colours, using a deliberately wrong word as an online joke.

• The meme called the cat homophobic because its eyes were different colours.
• “Look at those homophobic eyes,” she joked about the blue and green pair.
• They jokingly described the kitten as homophobic because it had one blue eye and one brown eye.

Sinonimi: heterochromic

Espressioni comuni: a homophobic cat, homophobic eyes

omofobo

Persona che prova avversione per gli omosessuali o li tratta ingiustamente.

In inglese semplice: A person who dislikes gay people or treats them unfairly.

• He called the speaker a homophobic.
• She refused to support a homophobic who insulted gay people.
• They described the attacker as a violent homophobic.

Sinonimi: homophobe

Espressioni comuni: an outspoken homophobic, a homophobic’s views