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The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« on: April 03, 2009, 11:41:28 AM »
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 1. jovial or happy, good-spirited

2. a homosexual male or female

3. often used to describe something stupid or unfortunate. originating from homophobia. quite preferable among many teenage males in order to buff up their "masculinity"

1. "We'll have a gay old time."

2. "You DO know he's gay. Notice his homoerotic pornography collection."

3. "Man, these seats are gay. I can't even see what's going on!"
 
I suspect that within the next two decades gay will have taken on the additional meaning of lam/stupid.


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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2009, 11:47:08 AM »

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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2009, 11:55:17 AM »
1. "We'll have a gay old time."

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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2009, 11:59:24 AM »
Huge Flintstones fan here, too. 

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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2009, 12:01:12 PM »
 :)

/too obscure?

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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2009, 12:17:33 PM »
:)

/too obscure?

Gay film, in every sense of the word...
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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2009, 12:25:52 PM »
What about "the gay science"?

I'm so fucking sick of Hollywood thinking people can own words. I call things, people, situations gay all the time and could give a fuck. It's a word and doesn't always mean homosexuality.

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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2009, 12:29:15 PM »
Gay film, in every sense of the word...
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Re: The fascinating new semantic shift of the word 'gay'...
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2009, 12:29:42 PM »
What about "the gay science"?

I'm so fucking sick of Hollywood thinking people can own words. I call things, people, situations gay all the time and could give a fuck. It's a word and doesn't always mean homosexuality.

Hollywood is pretty fucking gay.
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