[Ads-l] biism

[Marc Sacks]

The meaning isn't obvious. I figured it was a bi version of hetersexism, a
bias toward bisexuals.

Marc Sacks

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> "Bi-ist !!!???" But these people are college grads and communications
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> Oh. I see.
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> JL
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> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 9:28 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> >> Maybe if "biased" is interpreted as "bi-ist", it's a short step to
> >> "bi-ism"...
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> > Whoa! Dynamite insight, Larry!
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