homosociality

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:25 PM -0700 3/19/10, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>On Mar 19, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:
>
>>No OED. 85,200 hits alleged in Google Books alone.
>>
>>Only 71,000 for "homosocial."
>
>NOAD2 has "homosocial" 'of or relating to social interaction between
>members of the same sex, typically men', but has no entry for
>"homosociality".
>
>both are used, i believe, mostly in academic contexts.  these aren't
>everyday words.
>
Yes, although we know (thanks to Scott Kiesling) that at least one
everyday word, "dude", *invokes* homosociality...

LH

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