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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:30 PM Original message |
Is 'openly gay' not a redundancy? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought "gay" just means homosexual n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Apparently that's what it's coming to mean. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. "closet gay" is also used a lot... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. That's why I'm asking the question, to clarify it. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. They're just trying to be devisive |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Only bigots use the word "homosexual" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I haven't heard that. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Invariably, BurtWorm. And usually pronounced homoSECCCCCTchewal. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. From that chewing homo sect? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Someone mean told you something mean... |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah, well, I've heard lots of black people use the "n-word" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Now you're just spit-balling it. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I'm quite sure I would stand corrected when I use it... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Third in line to tell you "not true." |
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katzenjammers (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Well, the word is technically an adjective, NOT a noun although it's commonly (mis)used |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It has a facetious little kick to it, in my experience. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Really? Does the same theory apply to homo sapiens as opposed to human? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gay and homosexual are synonyms. No real distinction. (Gay is preferred) |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. What I *really* don't understand is the use of "gay and lesbian" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I wonder if that's regional or something... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I don't know many instances of people using the clinical term for the demographic, that's for sure. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Kinda sorta. Problem is that there's no finite definitions here. People exist on a continuum |
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I Am So Me (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. reply |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gay doesn't imply being "out" or "open." |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I could swear the meaning has changed since the 1970s. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Exactly right. It's a flexible, indeterminative word that rapidly evolves in meaning & connotation. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's an emphasizer, like with "Kith & kin" or "Hearth & home" |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, it's not. A trip to m-w.com could've answered this as easily as a thread. nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. It wouldn't have been as fun though. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm gaily open |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. no. some gay people are "in the clostet" |
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