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The Real Doctor wrote:

On 27/08/11 20:02, The Iron Jelloid wrote:
o I'm afraid you'll have to accept that
"gay" stopped having "bright and cheerful" as its primary meaning almost
half a century ago.

It is depressing but predictable that those who moan about the new
meaning of "gay" rarely if ever complain that "faggot" should still mean
"bundle of wood" ...

Right. It should mean a spiced meatball.

... and that "queer" should still mean "odd".

"Queer" doesn't seem to have had its former meaning quite so overtaken
by the sexual revolution, or perhaps it's just become less popular than
"gay". It doesn't sound entirely bizarre to heard something like "now
that's very queer".

Sam