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Originally Posted by KrazyZeldaFan
Ok, so what did you really mean by the term gay?
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It's wasn't used to refer to ones sexual orientation, nor was it used to describe something as being 'happy' or 'carefree'.
This is copied from Google and descibes how I used the term:-
When used with a derisive attitude (e.g. "that was so gay"), the word gay is pejorative. While retaining its other meanings, it has also acquired "a widespread current usage" amongst young people, as a general term of disparagement.[7] This pejorative usage has its origins in the late 1970s, when homosexuality was more widely seen as negative by a majority of people. Beginning in the 1980s and especially in the late 1990s, the usage as a generic insult became common among young people, who may or may not link the term to homosexuality
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