@graf

> The US press created the demonym "Venusian" as a result of "Venereal" having some connotations in English, or at least that's what I heard and haven't looked it up.

:facesofautism: I was trying really hard to not care about this but I did anyway. :autismapproved:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/Venusian#etymonline_v_49971

> "(hypothetical) inhabitant of the second planet from the sun," 1866, from Venus + -ian. Middle English had Venerian "one under the influence of the planet Venus; a lover" (late 14c.; compare venereal). As an adjective by 1874.