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+#REDIRECT [[Oscar Wilde#Trials]]
-The notorious [[malapropism]] of '''somdomite''' ("[[Sodomite|sodomite]]") has echoed for over a hundred years, since  [[John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensbury]], the furious father of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s lover, [[Lord Alfred Douglas]], left his card for Wilde at the Albemarle Club, inscribed ''"For Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite."''
-Wilde did not do the sensible thing, to pocket the card and move right along. He sued for libel, lost and was later jailed for gross indecency and ruined.
-The Marquess had warned Wilde to stay away from his son, but the infatuated Wilde ignored him. At the opening of Wilde's great triumph, ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' on February 14, 1895, Queensbury intended to publicly denounce Wilde , but he was refused a ticket. Two weeks later he left his inscribed calling card.
-But '''"somdomite"''' has rung in literate [[gay]] circles for over a hundred years, as the very essence of gauche heterosexual boorishness, even in a [[marquess]].  The mockery has a bitter ring to it however.
-For other, more serious and historically relevant errors concerning "sodomites", see [[Sodom]].