I am looking for a name for an idea that I have for a website. It is a niche hobby, but there is a greek word for it that most people don’t know. Lets say its a book club and the word was Bibliophile or a music club called Melophile.

Would you, if you did not know the meaning, think of it as something sexual, or maybe even something bad? I am nervous that users might relate it to pedophile even though that is just one of, (but maybe best known) philias there are

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    “Audiophile” has never before brought to mind the concept of “pedophile”.

    In fact, note the way we shorten the word: “pedo”.

    I wouldn’t worry about it. But I’m autistic, so the way my brain processes these words might be different than an NT’s brain.

    Mostly I think it’s only going to be a problem for people who are looking for trouble, and you can’t really avoid problems with those people.