homonausic
adj.— «Hehehe…you ever watch the Daily Show? See the one with the guy who was like “I’m not homophobic, I’m homonausic” and then he started to hit on the female reporter? I don’t know why this reminds me of that.» —“Re: Smell of diesel fuel inside of your diesel MB” by marlinspike Usenet: alt.auto.mercedes Apr. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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