[78-L] Gay?^

[Julian Vein]

David Weiner wrote:
> As someone who's gay AND homosexual, I don't know how you can say the word
> was "stolen" - it's been used in its "current" meaning for over a century in
> some circles - in the last half-century it has moved to the mainstream in
> that meaning.  Aren't there hundreds of words out there with more than one
> meaning? (Like "blue" the color and "blue" the feeling?) And "homophobic" is
> not a fear of men in toto- it's a fear of gay men!
> 
> Dave W.
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If I say that I'm "feeling gay tonight", then I might find I'm sending 
the wrong message, or be met with smirks. I don't recall hearing this 
particular usage until the 1960s, but I wasn't moving in those circles, 
if you'll excuse the connotation.

       Julian Vein