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Skirt Chaser wrote:Hey wait, couldn't that same argument be made for traditional skirts men no longer wear and now have become relegated to women only in cultural perception? I'm all for dragging clothes and words back from obscurity into use. Go ahead and say you feel gay and don't worry about what others think. The exception to free usage of course would be the problem of telling office mates they look gay. :sarcastic:
Quiet Mouse
Well, no, actually! The word 'gay' had never sunk into obscurity in the first place! Much as I realise that some words are often used 'out of context' in conversation (such as saying 'dreadful!' or (yeugh) 'cool!' to describe something fantastic or exciting), this pleasant little word has been usurped for pseudo-political ends, and has been forced out of normal useage.
merlin wrote:has been forced out of normal useage.
But isn't this how language evolves? Words mean what we intend by them, and when enough people intend the same thing, that thing is adopted as a 'meaning'. That's how dictionaries are compiled!
isobar wrote:But isn't this how language evolves? Words mean what we intend by them, and when enough people intend the same thing, that thing is adopted as a 'meaning'. That's how dictionaries are compiled!
Well, I don't see this (particular useage) as 'evolving' at all! The 'new' noun has no relationship to the original adjective. Worse still, modern (21st Century) useage has further corrupted the word (principally amongst youngsters) to mean 'something un-desirable'. :shake:
