You Probably Think This Word Is About You
Choire Sicha has an interesting point about the use of the word gay to mean lame.
Labels: Intrinsically Superior Humor of the Gays, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
posted by Roger Sutton at 1:32 PM
9 Comments:
What's up, pussycat? What's your take on last week's discussion about Almagor article?
Dumb used to mean mute... funny how people use disabilities to belittle other people.
Often, people would offend other people "Are you deaf or something?"
as if deafness is a bad thing.
That's so jejune! (Says she, desperately thumbing through the thesaurus...)
Irene
Is it lame to say "book dummy"?
I have great hopes for the word "FAIL." I hope it takes over the world.
i've seen this sort of observation before, and it makes me just a TEENY bit uncomfortable. Because even though there is nothing wrong with being lame or being dumb, I still don't think it's right to compare them with being gay. Because being gay isn't a disability.
But Lili, the usage here of lame and dumb isn't synonymous with disabled. I was going to say that in this case gay=lame=dumb=dorky, but my dictionary tells me that dorky is derived from penis. Who knew?
wow, dorky...
how about geek:
a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
[from Websters]
Well, I'm definitely going to stop saying, "I'm such a geek", after reading THAT definition. :)
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