-Anyone who insists on "USian" instead of "American": This is honestly one of the biggest tempests in a teapot I've ever heard of. I can't imagine that most, say, Guatemalans, Jamaicans or Venezuelans really care about the USA taking the "American" demonym for itself (not to mention that Canadians typically react...poorly to being so called). Also, your dislike for how language works is neither my fault nor my responsibility, so stop trying to make it so!
For what it's worth, most South American people I've discussed this with are slightly bothered by "American" being used to mean "citizen of the USA". In fact, the typical term in Spanish for Americans is "estadounidense", which translated literally is something to the effect of "Unitedstatesian".
Not that anyone considers it to be a big deal, as far as I know.
I have heard a few people (mostly commenters on Feministe) insist on USian instead of American, but you're probably right to assert that not may people get hung up on this one–it's simply that the ones that do get on one of my few remaining nerves. Also, thank you for reminding me about "estadounidense"–it's always healthy to get a reminder about how other cultures do things, even if they don't always directly translate to your own.
-FIRE bashers: Why do people hate on The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education so much?
Because they're a bunch of right-wing assholes?
No, they really aren't. They've taken plenty of left-leaning and apolitical causes over the years, so if they are a bunch of right-wing assholes, they're doing a terrible job of it (not to mention that I have some news to bring to the attention of Wendy Kaminer and Greg Lukianoff). Also, neither being right-wing nor being an asshole prevents one from being correct–in fact, your celerity in reaching for name-calling makes me suspect that you have no real arguments and are simply trying to get my goat.
Thebian - A male homosexual. Taken from the terms "Thebes" & "Theban" (In reference to 'The Sacred Band of Thebes'). The distaff counterpart to the feminine term, "Lesbian".
Uh, wouldn't thebian be a
sword counterpart to lesbian?