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Should one-legged people take as much offense when something is referred to as "That's so lame" as homosexuals often do when "That's so gay" is used?

I don't use either term, unless it really applies (and especially not "retarded", a fave when I was a kid). The closest I usually come is to use the slang "weak".

Oh, I take that back. I also use queer in the proper context. (Odd / non-standard) That whole "4 hurricanes in a month" thing was mighty queer.

Date: 2004-10-11 05:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resilience.livejournal.com
let the giggling begin...

goof ;)

Date: 2004-10-11 05:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
did you call things retarded when you were a kid?

Worse, I had a Boston Accent.

Whadda-ya? Retahhhhhded, or sumpin?

Date: 2004-10-11 05:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resilience.livejournal.com
Yes, though I didn't say things were queer or gay. Lame? Probably.

Date: 2004-10-11 05:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I wonder if evil people don't like the term "wicked".

Wow! That's a wicked awesome army man!!

I probably uttered variations on that a thousand times as a kid.

"Wicked Awesome Hotwheels!!"

Date: 2004-10-11 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resilience.livejournal.com
I can't imagine how many words we have to describe just how cool/neat/wicked/amazing/incredible (see??) something is.

Date: 2004-10-11 06:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
a good point!

Do you think there are more words for things adored, or things that are loathed? Or is it about equal?

Date: 2004-10-11 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resilience.livejournal.com
I think I'd lean toward equal or more for things adored. That could be because I tend to look at the world through rose-colored glasses.

Date: 2004-10-11 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I'm about on an even keel, I think.

Date: 2004-10-11 07:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oneeyedcat.livejournal.com
i dont get the big deal, people my age have always used the term "that's so gay" never even thinking of it as something that would offend homosexuals. To us gay just meant stupid/lame/dumb.. the word gay has so many meanings in the first place. I know people who think it still means "happy" the word is ever evolving.

people are too picky.

i use retarded way too much.

well, that's what i am thinking off the top of my head anyways.

Date: 2004-10-11 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I refer to stupid people as "goink" too.

I have another one.

Date: 2004-10-11 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silentyrs.livejournal.com

how about phat?
"That's so phat..." Do you think this offend the overweight?

Re: I have another one.

Date: 2004-10-11 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Or Livin' Large!

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