Comment Emerita (Score 1) 191
Mary Ann Cooper, professor emerita
Stop this shit, academia. Learn Latin if you want to use Latin words to make yourself sound special. The word is for soldiers. No fucking professor called themselves "emeritus" until the late 18th century. And now you've got dipshits getting it doubly wrong with gender. Emeritus is specifically a masculine noun.
An emeritus is a retired soldier (noun). Emeriti are retired soldiers (plural noun).
If you want to use it as an adjective it has to agree in with the noun it modifies.
A soldier emeritus is a soldier that is retired (adjective). Soldiers emeritum are soldiers that are retired (plural adjective).
"Professor" is a genderless word in English, so you need the genderless adjective.
A professor emeritus is a professor who is abusing the word "emeritus" (neutral adjective). Professors emeritorum are professors who are abusing the word "emeritus" (neutral plural).
If Mary Ann Cooper really wants to use an "a" form of the word, she must do so in a way such that it agrees with gender and count and case.
Emerita Mary Ann Cooper. Mary Ann Cooper and Anne Marie Cooper Emeritae. In a more gendered language such as Spanish, we could do "Mary Ann Cooper and Anne Marie Cooper profesoras emeritarum".
But [name], [title] emerita is just fucking wrong! Stop being wrong, people. I know you like to act high and might and pat yourselves on the back (and I know because I work in academia), but please just fucking stop being so fucking wrong.
