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Language changes over time, "Gay" is a great example.
50 years ago? Happy/A proper name.
30 years ago? Homosexual. Derrogative.
15 years ago? Homosexual. Positive.
last 3-5 years? meaning 'bad' or 'not normal' of some sort.
It's a fad. Storm, meet Teacup. It'll be over before you know it.
I might add that a word taken out of its context is meaningless.
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"I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." - Winston Churchill, 1937 --{ORLY?}--
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