-----Original Message----- From: Adam from San Francisco [mailto:sf_adam at rocketmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:31 PM To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: Re: fetish
The use of "gay" to mean uncool is widespread amongst the young folks of California. I first noticed this use about ten years ago.
Adam Gay but cool San Francisco
Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
At 02:57 PM 10/31/00 -0500, yoshie wrote:
>1 is quite obvious, in that much of "homophobic" behaviors originates
>in the desire not to appear "homosexual" -- the desire obviously
Speaking of which - I repeatedly heard high school kids using the word "gay" as an adjective to describe something as undesirable or uncool (e.g. "This is gay.") Is it a nation-wide trend or a local PA/MD phemomenon?
wojtek
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