[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?

[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.

[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'

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

are you nina?

i was just thinking today

where is nina?

Yes, it is I, ninadyke

[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.

[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 ****

[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

[Samm]

Originally Posted by 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

k

[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

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

I don't care

So why bother posting in the thread?

[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.

[GypsyGoth]

Here is a pretty good article on it http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...ing-gap-people

Also here is the etymology of the word http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gay, so around the 2000s, when people who weren't gay tried to change the word to mean something lame or crap, the word only meant homosexual, the previous meanings had gone out of fashion.

[Shaun]

yeah I have to say the "oh it didn't used to mean homosexual!" line is a pretty poor defence when using gay to mean lame (also an offensive word) or rubbish, has only really surfaced since the 90s.

it's one of those things where I'm comfortable using it as a joke with close friends I know are on my wavelength but at the same time whenever I see it used on twitter / hear someone at work or out at a bar or whatever use it, I instantly hate them for it.

[letmein]

The phrase stems from homophobia. It didn't magically appear one day out of nowhere. Using a term that labels a minority group derogatorily is never okay.

[Gusto Brunt]

I don't get this new method of praising something, called SICK.