I once almost told someone I was going to look for pedophile sites when I was trying to find pedometer nerd sites. Fortunately I realized early enough in the sentence that pedophile is not the right word for "lover of pedometers" and avoided an embarrassing situation.
I didn’t know there were pedometer nerd sites! As someone who has worked on a widely used pedometer, I’d love to see what is being discussed.
Can you please share a link?
This was a long time ago, maybe 20 years or so. I don’t remember if I actually found any.
In English, as long as you pedometer instead of pedo-meter you shouldn't have any misunderstandings.