Your lack of reading comprehension is showing again. I said no such thing.

Well you said that use of the word 'gay' to mean laughable "derives from a derogatory stereotypical association of those traits with homosexual people". Lanovami for example disagrees with that - he said that "people call something "gay" meaning uncool/laughable with no awareness or recognition of the original negative connotation".

You then went on to say that "They are in essence using the term "gay" in exactly it's definition of a homosexual male. "That's so gay" pretty much = "that's so homosexual". Lanovami disagrees with you on that as well - he says that gay friends of his in essence use the term 'gay' to mean not "that's so homosexual" as you maintain but "that's so uncool" as I was suggesting. The fact that you two are so far apart on what people mean when using the term 'gay' really only reinforces my point that the more imprecise a word the more scope there is for misunderstanding.

km

Oh km, your argument is so gay.

By which I don't mean that it's homosexual, just ridiculous.

That's the way it's used all the time, at least in the US.

So maybe the differences here are all about linguistic communities across the pond that speak the same langue but not the same parole.

Don't tell me, tell six.

km

Speak for your own scope. If it were a beauty pageant, you'd be crowned Miss Understanding.

I'll tell you what's wrong with "Gay": Gayphobic simply lacks the rhythm and heft of homophobic. Or heterophobic for that matter. I can see why KM has a hard time managing "Gay".

He didn't ask what was wrong with "Gay".

km

Your anal compulsive disorder is showing. If you really want so much control over the dialog — even when it's btwn two other people — I suggest you make finger puppets and lock yourself in the loo, you. Ew...

Speak for yourself.

km

I always do.