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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:03 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is "pansy" a homophobic slur? |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've seen it used here. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Holy Ancient Slur Batman! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is, unless you're referring to the flower. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Only if you are not talking about the flower (spelled pansey) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Actually, the flower is spelled pansy, too, most often. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Dictionarily true. n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, from W-A-Y back. |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. yup. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. I always believed it was used to cast a person as being 'weak', 'wimpy', 'submissive', etc. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. I had a friend named Pansy; she used her middle name until HS. Then there are these guys: |
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pgodbold (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. If he has to tell you he's not a pansy I suspect he is in full bloom. nt |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pansy? |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. You can call me Pansy if you like.......... |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Trying to be completely objective, as a writer who loves colorful words, Yes, I |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. The context matters, but most of the time yes |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'll skip this one altogether. |
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