When I was a freshman in high school, a friend and I would make fun of the misuse of this word by substituting word "gay" with "homosexual." Then it wouldn't quite make sense: "This project assignment is so homosexual." We thought it was funny at the time.
Furthermore, why say "gay" when there plenty of other good words to communicate a pejorative, belittling sentiment? The following list is a mere sample:
- stupid
- inept
- incompetent
- dumb
- slow
- challenged
- lame
- pathetic
- low
- sad
- obtuse
- vacuous
- dense
- mindless
- unintelligent
- senseless
- brainless
- half-witted
- fatuous
- doltish
- feebleminded
- ignorant
- moronic
- inane
- asinine
- uneducated
- idiotic
- demented
- dull
2 comments:
I agree with you completely. When I heard my younger cousins say something was gay, I asked what it had to do with homosexuality. I don't know if they stopped calling things gay or if just stopped saying it around me.
Thanks for your comments. Your blog is an interesting read.
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