Tuesday, June 29, 2010

That's so -- no, I won't say it.

The talking heads used to complain to high heaven about the use of the word "gay" to mean "homosexual." They implicitly assumed that English, unlike every other living language, had stopped evolving when they were children. Now, however, those talking heads are curiously silent about the use of "gay" as an all-purpose pejorative.

No comments: