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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Gay" revisited still again #166276 02/27/2007 12:01 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Quote: "Gay" through the agency of semantic shift is rapidly taking on still a new meaning Hey Rip Van Winkle! Young’uns have been using gay to mean lame for a long time now. Lame was its default meaning when I was in high school about a decade ago. To denote actual homosexuality, usually some more offensive, cruder word was preferred. P.S. School is gay! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Gay" revisited still again dalehileman 02/26/2007 4:43 PM Re: "Gay" revisited still again Faldage 02/26/2007 11:41 PM Re: "Gay" revisited still again Buffalo Shrdlu 02/27/2007 3:37 AM Re: "Gay" revisited still again of troy 02/27/2007 4:00 AM Re: "Gay" revisited still again Faldage 02/27/2007 10:58 AM Re: "Gay" revisited still again Hydra 02/27/2007 12:01 PM Re: "Gay" revisited still again Jackie 02/27/2007 1:24 PM Re: "Gay" revisited still again dalehileman 02/27/2007 3:19 PM Re: "Gay" revisited still again Myridon 02/27/2007 4:16 PM I know a Gaye Mann ParkinT 02/28/2007 9:27 PM Re: I know a Gaye Mann of troy 02/28/2007 11:46 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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