Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Lindy
The last year or so I've started noticing young people (high school age) using gay as a descriptive for stupid or inappropriate. Like, "That was pretty gay of you!" when someone locked his keys in the car. Is this usage new?
Lindy
|
Nope. It's been like that for at least as long as I've been in school. So, at least since 1990, but I would imagine it goes back much farther.
__________________
"The question isn't who is going to let me, it's who is going to stop me." (Ayn Rand)
"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)
|