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Here ya go Chris . From dictionary.com
gay ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g) adj. gay·er, gay·est Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex. Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room. Given to social pleasures. Dissolute; licentious. Usage Note: The word gay is now standard in its use to refer to homosexuals, in large part because it is the term that most gay people prefer in referring to themselves. Gay is distinguished from homosexual primarily by the emphasis it places on the cultural and social aspects of homosexuality as opposed to sexual practice. Many writers reserve gay for males, but the word is also used to refer to both sexes; when the intended meaning is not clear in the context, the phrase gay and lesbian may be used. Like the other names of social groups derived from adjectives (for example, Black), gay may be regarded as offensive when used as a noun to refer to particular individuals, as in There were two gays on the panel; here phrasing such as gay members should be used instead. But there is no objection to the use of the noun in the plural to refer collectively either to gay men or to gay men and lesbians, so long as it is clear whether men alone or both men and women are being discussed. See Usage Note at homosexual. Last edited by Noir; 03-17-2004 at 01:36 PM. |
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Thanks Harry... I've never actually looked that word up before...
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got me bubblehead? Harry (pisser) |
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It's not the word 'gay' that people find offensive, necessarily. But the connotation you use is very important. If a person is gay, usually I don't think they have a problem with other people saying so. In that case it's just descriptive.
The uses of the term you've gotten in trouble for are entirely different because they weren't simply descriptive. They were instead derogatory, and Doug's above post using Todd's handle as an example is a fine one. In your post today, you used 'gay' in a derogatory way that made it synonymous with 'stupid.' That's what made it offensive.
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Got ya pisser .... Ya wanna catch a beer when I'm out there this weekend???
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President, VP etc are the official of the "SVX World Network" Organization. (www.svxworldnetwork.org). President, VP etc do not have any say on how the forum is run (in most part since they don't own the forum in the strictest sense of the word) but they do carry some weight -- That is according to my understanding of how things run here. SVX World Network and the forums are closely tied to a degree. The svxworldnetwork.org when formed, started from this forum. Since the forum is running, why have a separate forum etc. We'll call it our living room and the other site is more of our entry way.
The server(www.subaru-svx.net) is run by Chris. He is the admin of the server. Along with Chris, there are a couple of people who run the back end. They are the one who can shut down the whole server, upgrade the forum software etc. The forum is also hosted on Chris's server. He is also the admin of the forum. Along with Chris, we have (Mike)green95SVX and (Colin)sith who have admin powers on the forum. What that means is that they can ban people, assign mods, remove mods, make new forums etc as well as move threads, kill threads, edit thread and such amongst other forum related things like back up forum etc. Then we have mods. They are Todd, Earl, Nick and Doug. Those guys have limited powers. They can move, edit and delete threads. Does it explain a little more?
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Unless you mean "weight" in a derogatory way referring to Randy & my beer bellies, then I am offended Doug
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gay doesn't mean stupid. |
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You got something against FAT people Lwin? huh? You got something against SKINNY people? Harry (screw atkins diet. the only way to get skinny without negative side effects is to just simply stop breathing) |
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drinky = bad <---yet another opinion Harry (hates the doctor for saying no drinky) |
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NO DRINKY = BAD... why man??? did ya drink too much before?? well that's cool because Porter and I will probably end up going to dinner Saturday anyway.. We'll call ya for that though
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Opps. Sorry there Matt.
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