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Originally Posted by Hitch
... some folks were upset because cigs are referred to as fags therein, but this still seems to be a piece of vernacular that's commonplace in the UK, PC-edness or not. Ditto gay apparel and the like--a perfectly good word, that was more than serviceable, and now it's fallen into disuse and disrepair, due to the appropriation of it by a group of folks in society. I don't care if it's appropriated, but I do care if that means I can't use it in its original meaning...
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Ahhh, but you can have fun with, say young parents, when they talk about their three year old darling having had "a complete meltdown". Just ask them have they considered early de-comissioning
Or when some bore talks about "networking", ask them how they bridge wireless dead-ends...
klaus