Well, the word lithosexual must describe someone who fancies, um, rock (from the Greek word lithos, stone). Mustn't it?
Well, it seems unlikely, so I'd better look it up...
Sunday Rest: lithosexual. It turns out that I'm a bit late with complaining about this word, as apparently there's never been any agreement on what lithosexual means, and nowadays the preferred term for lithosexual is akoisexual, which is a person who fancies someone, but doesn't want that individual to fancy them back.
That sounds a bit odd, but when I remember Mr Darcy I can see exactly where they're coming from.
The origin of the akoi- bit of akoisexual is problematic. Koi can mean tender love in Japanese, and the English a- prefix would tend to turn this into a negative. So that's possible, anyway.
The sex bit comes from the Latin word secāre means to divide. Which is quite odd, when you come to think about it.
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