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**2CNWXAqN** · 02-18-2012, 04:06 AM

Is that offensive in this context?

When used with a derisive attitude (e.g. "that was so gay"), the word gay is pejorative. While retaining its other meanings, it has also acquired "a widespread current usage" amongst young people, as a general term of disparagement.[30][31] This pejorative usage has its origins in the late 1970s. Beginning in the 1980s and especially in the late 1990s, the usage as a generic insult became common among young people.[31]
This usage of the word has been criticized as homophobic.

02-18-2012, 04:06 AM	#6
2CNWXAqN Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Is that offensive in this context? When used with a derisive attitude (e.g. "that was so gay"), the word gay is pejorative. While retaining its other meanings, it has also acquired "a widespread current usage" amongst young people, as a general term of disparagement.[30][31] This pejorative usage has its origins in the late 1970s. Beginning in the 1980s and especially in the late 1990s, the usage as a generic insult became common among young people.[31] This usage of the word has been criticized as homophobic.
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