Hetero sapiens
English edit
Etymology edit
From hetero (short for heterosexual) + translingual Homo sapiens, as if Homo (“taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae”) were short for homosexual, while in truth it derives from Latin homō (“human being, man”).
Proper noun edit
- (humorous) Collectively, straight people.
- 2005, Jim Wegryn, Funny Thing about Names: An Entertaining Look at Naming in America, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 62:
- Man and woman, I said? In this day and age, forget gender! The problem is even more poignant if we consider any combination of Homo and Hetero sapiens getting married. Which name do they take?