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Old 03-07-2009, 05:04 PM   #145
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
"Gay"??!!
What an extraordinary way of describing it. Some of our gay members may have something to say about that.
It seems it can mean lame also.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insid...beworriedabout

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But the OED also notes another change taking place in the US as early as 1978, when it becomes a description of something "Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of; 'lame'."
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