[Redway]

Not offensive.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by MB.

This thread is so gay.

[Lostie!]

A lot of people who use the term aren't actually homophobic, but they should really stop and think about the connotations of their words first as it's reasonable to assume that someone may find it offensive.

And I don't think anyone has the right to say "Nope, that's not offensive" as a fact. People can speak only for themselves.

[Crimson Dynamo]

we always called someone who was being a big lassie a ****

rhymes with hoof

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

we always called someone who was being a big lassie a ****

rhymes with hoof

you really shouldn't

[Samm]

Originally Posted by Firewire

you really shouldn't

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[Kizzy]

I don't know anyone who says it as it is a bit cringe, there was a thing about saying 'gaaaaaaay' in a funny way, if someone was acting a bit daft but you don't hear that hardly ever either now as it would be mightily embarrassing if they were actually gay or it upset someone around who was gay.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Firewire

you really shouldn't

look a lot of gay men are effeminate and blokes see them as women men

deal with it

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

look a lot of gay men are effeminate and blokes see them as women men

deal with it

doesn't give you the right to call them a "****" though...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Firewire

doesn't give you the right to call them a "****" though...

i am talking probably before you were born and what do you actually think it means?

[Ninastar]

I know its offensive when i think about it, but I still use it anyway. my fave insults to call people are 'big gays' or 'big sluts'

do i hate gay people? no. (hello, im a ninadyke). do i hate sluts? sometimes.

but do i mean to offend these people? of course not. so at the end of the day, i dont care.

[Crimson Dynamo]

are you nina?

i was just thinking today

where is nina?

[Ramsay]

i get offended when people say 'that's so shit'

[arista]

So many old songs have "Happy and Gay"
with nothing like todays meaning

Before "Gay" word was stolen

[Livia]

I wouldn't say it. My gay friend says it... he's allowed.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

are you nina?

i was just thinking today

where is nina?

Yes, it is I, ninadyke

[Benjamin]

I hate when gays get pissy as if the only meaning of the word is to do with homosexuals. See below, 4th meaning


gay
Line breaks: gay
Pronunciation: /ɡeɪ /
Definition of gay in English:
ADJECTIVE (gayer, gayest)

1(Of a person, especially a man) homosexual.

1.1Relating to or used by homosexuals:
a gay bar

2 dated Light-hearted and carefree:
Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face

3 dated Brightly coloured; showy:
a gay profusion of purple and pink sweet peas

4 informal offensive Foolish, stupid, or unimpressive:
he thinks the obsession with celebrity is totally gay

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de...on/english/gay

[arista]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I hate when gays get pissy as if the only meaning of the word is to do with homosexuals. See below, 4th meaning


gay
Line breaks: gay
Pronunciation: /ɡeɪ /
Definition of gay in English:
ADJECTIVE (gayer, gayest)

1(Of a person, especially a man) homosexual.

1.1Relating to or used by homosexuals:
a gay bar

2 dated Light-hearted and carefree:
Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face

3 dated Brightly coloured; showy:
a gay profusion of purple and pink sweet peas

4 informal offensive Foolish, stupid, or unimpressive:
he thinks the obsession with celebrity is totally gay

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de...on/english/gay

Its a Stolen Word Ben
back in the day
"Gay and Happy"
was in loads of songs
had feck all to do with *****



Please note : There Is Nothing Wrong with Being a ****

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Conzors

Offensive or not?

Whilst I PERSONALLY don't get offended by it, because i know as most people say it, their not going 'BEING HOMOSEXUAL IS BAD, SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IT', I can see why some people would get offended.

It probably originated from what i said above and then just grew as a 'thing to say' without anyone actually knowing the meaning behind it.

It is wrong because if your going 'that's gay' at something that you don't want to do, then it is seemed as bad.

I've asked my friends this and they said they've just grown up saying it, and how it 'rolls off the tongue'.

Its not a valid reason to say something - but i think if people actually thought about saying it and the meaning that can come across to certain people as they say it that it wouldn't be said.

Thoughts?

I don't care

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

A lot of people who use the term aren't actually homophobic, but they should really stop and think about the connotations of their words first as it's reasonable to assume that someone may find it offensive.

And I don't think anyone has the right to say "Nope, that's not offensive" as a fact. People can speak only for themselves.

just as people should stop calling men male chauvinist pigs without repercussions, its disgusting sexism and it goes on unabated and unquestioned

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

I don't care

So why bother posting in the thread?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

just as people should stop calling men male chauvinist pigs without repercussions, its disgusting sexism and it goes on unabated and unquestioned

People only call actual chauvinists that, not all men.

[coffee]

I grew up saying it very young before I even knew what being gay was. I was always so used to saying it and I can't even think now if I say it these days?? I did wonder if a man who worked in Starbucks was gay once openly on instagram as he was always so rude to me unless i had my boyfriend with me that to me he was so obviously flirting with and he somehow seen me asking if he was gay and got all his friends to call me a homophobe and a "P*ki" (hmm, whatever that means) in my comments LOL I would ask why they thought I was homophobic and they would just keep telling me it was because I was wondering if he was gay :/ So I guess some people are annoyed by the word "Gay" just being in a sentence.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by arista

Its a Stolen Word Ben
back in the day
"Gay and Happy"
was in loads of songs
had feck all to do with *****



Please note : There Is Nothing Wrong with Being a ****

But yeah gays seem to have adopted this word yet gay has many meanings not just homosexual.

[Kyle]

Your so gay
you probably think this thread is about you
Your so gay
you probably think this thread is about you
Don't you
Don't you