Originally Posted by
charles vail
The all inclusive word
gay is often used by younger people (and even old guys like me) to communicate lame, stupid, silly or something of that nature. Its too bad the *****exual community, very calculatingly hijacked the word for their own ulterior motives. My mother used to comment how the word gay meant happy and that it made her mad that the meaning was changed so much. Word meanings change constantly and vary by region, age, race, religion, lifestyle, subculture etc., thats a fact!
When you use gay to mean lame it's just plain rude and exposes your own bias.
It's like in the 50s when white people insulted other whites by calling them the n-word.
Or perhaps it's like if i started saying "That's so Charles" when I wanted to say "That is so much like what a redneck stupid jerk would do."
Using gay, as you us it, is unacceptable in polite, civilized discourse.