homo
noun
a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay person, especially a gay man.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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But the epochal battle between homos neanderthalensis and sapiens takes the most English form imaginable: a football match.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2018