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Paul Terry wrote:

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, Sam
Wilson writes

"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".

Fashions change. Those that know their E F Benson will recall that in
the 1920s the expression was "quaint". (As in Quaint Irene, with her
boyish face, Eton crop and alluring breeches).

That's one I wasn't aware of - I'll read vintage literature with a new
eye from now on.

Sam