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Sat 10 Jan, 2004 04:07 pm
I was walking around the other day when I heard to children in a duel of wit and wisdom.
"You're stupid"
"Yeah, well your mom is ugly" Ooohs and aahs from the crowd of kids
"Oh man, that was so gay!"
It's not like he meant that the comment liked other comments of the same gender, or that he was calling the other kid a homosexual. The word 'gay' has become synonymous with the word 'bad' or 'stupid'.
What did gay people ever do to receive such a dubious honor? How can a word describing a sexual preference become so bad in a time when anger toward gay people is at an all-time low?
What I really want to see is someone insult another person by calling him a metrosexual.
I don't know, but it gets everywhere. I was debating this a few days ago; people don't seem to think of the meaning behind the word, but blurt it out; like people saying 'y'know' and 'like' all the time. At least this is not as bad as the kid whom I knew who said, whenever something was good, that it was 'porno.'
Well, that's children for you...
THEY GET IT FROM THAT EVILEST OF SHOWS SOUTHPARK. CARTMAN CALLS EVERYTHING GAY.
Btw, what is a metrosexual? Im kind of sheltered here in Amish Country and the first thing I think of is someone who wishes to hump trains.
NOT THAT THERES ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT
see I dont like football at all. But Im confident enough in my own sexuality to care about personal hygiene
metrosexual eh? well maybe a little. my hair has gotten somewhat gray at the temples , so I went out and got some of that Greek **** and did my hair a shade lighter than it was. I felt like Richard Simmons. It took weeks to get rid of that phony look.
Im goin with the natural graying temples.
Im not a narcissist , My wife always has to tell me to comb my hair when we go out.
I like that word site. I can catch up on what the city folks sound like.
I love Southpark. It's so sick, it either disgusts you or you laugh like hell.
Re: Since when is the word 'gay' derogatory?
Individual wrote:
"Oh man, that was so gay!"
It's not like he meant that the comment liked other comments of the same gender, or that he was calling the other kid a homosexual. The word 'gay' has become synonymous with the word 'bad' or 'stupid'.
Around here it tends to be used in place of "lame". Not quite as much of a put-down as "stupid" and generally a little more playful.
Quote:What did gay people ever do to receive such a dubious honor? How can a word describing a sexual preference become so bad in a time when anger toward gay people is at an all-time low?
Interesting choice of words. When did "gay" become a term for homosexuals? It used to mean "joyful" or "happy".
All part of the evolving meaning of words...
Now to decide if the word is a pejorative or has been ameliorated.
Drom, you are a woman?
Letty, I was just a little shocked by that fact too.... a woman, eh, now why have I been thinking she was a man?
littleK, I'm afraid that I have been a victim of preconceived ideas.
Very few jazz artists that I have known, especially saxophonists, are women. Good grief, Letty. Get with the program.
To mean bad, that is definitely not one of the better evolutionary turns for "gay".
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