Since when "hom-o" became a bad word?

Each time I wanted to write about "HomoSapiens," I have been told that it was a bad word. Made me think at "Planet of the Apes", as "gorilla" and "orangutan" are not bad words.

It's no use asking. Logically, no member can explain why myLot works the way it does. I've also had the strangest 'fix bad word' messages. It's not a human being that sits at myLot HQ checking our posts and comments on bad words. It's done automatically. The thingy that does it can't be argued with. You can turn to admin @GoAskAlice and ask for clarification. But they won't be able to help you, either. Btw, I can't see a photo.

The filter is automatic, and perhaps a bit over zealous

Yes that word is usually avoided.

Maybe it's because you spelled it wrongly.

Why were most languages invented using both Latin and Greek terms? See the mess that created.

I do not think it is a bad word but some might think it is.

It isn't a nice way of phrasing something....and not looked kindly upon.

It's a mystery as to how these things happen.

JJ's answer is the reason. Sometimes it sees bad words where none exists... Sc/unthorpe, the name of a town in England, is one such example.

I always thought that was one word, not broken up like that. Yes, that would be what it would imply.

It's just the funny word police on here. They have some strange ideas about what is a bad word and what isn't. Sometimes the 'bad' word is just part of another longer word but it still finds it.

Maybe you should just put the whole word. English is not my first language too.

I didn't know that as well. And as I read the respond tread, there I found the answer. Thank you for sharing.

Thats exactly it, a derogartory term for a gay peraon. Thats interesting that its blocked from MyLot though as there are many other words that use that term in it.

As @MALUSE has explained it is the software that helps myLot and so there is nothing one can do but just change the word.

you got the answer in your comments here

You can use sapines or ancestores.

@Daljinder I've always seen it as a shorter version for "homosexual." I am not gay so I can't sit here and say "It's not offensive" because I don't fully understand it. If someone called me a hom-o, I wouldn't think much of it. But if you said it to someone who was gay, maybe it is offensive. But as someone who is not gay, I don't see why it needs to be an offensive word. It means to be gay.....so where's the insult? Where is the incorrect fact? Why must so many words be used as an offensive term when the original word isn't? I don't understand.