The word f@ggot has historically meant a bundle of wood.
But I don't think anybody would contest the fact that it also is a reference to a gay person, perjoratively.
Regardless, it still has a definition as a bundle of wood.

The word "gay" originally had a meaning of "happily excited : merry "
Like f@ggot, the reference to gay men was added later.
Pointing repeatedly to references where it uses other meanings of the word "gay" does not refute the fact that it has a long history in being a perjorative against homosexuals.

of course it doesn't.

it's absurd to pretend otherwise - or perhaps just a baiting by those looking for an argument to develop.

one person actually responded to my post with "bullshit" - did that somehow REFUTE whate I wrote? Of course not. I just decided to let the troll go without feeding it.

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I guess, as with a lot of words, it depends on not only where you grew up but also your culture and acquaintances.
Some people laugh at the word "ice box" when used to mean refrigerator. I have heard it referred to as a "Frigidaire" which is a brand name. Through all the technical advances some kept the same word to describe a box that keeps food from spoiling. "Coke" for coca-cola. "Pocket book" is another one. I don't know when it originated, but some still call a purse by that name.

Let's just wind this up by saying-A gay by any other name would still sound as queer.

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Straight people have living rooms...

Gay people have "parlors"...

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no

gay people have living rooms and studies

straight people have family rooms, rec rooms, rumpus rooms, tv rooms, bonus rooms and 'great rooms'

straight people don't seem to believe that it's really a room until there's a tv in it...and, preferably, has food very nearby

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my mother uses "pocket book"

she also call the refrigerator a 'fridge. I don't know if that's short for Frigidaire or refrigerator.

she also uses "coke" for all cola flavored beverages - and kleenex for all tissues

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."
...Christian Nestell Bovee

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Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
That's why I support the Pickens Plan. Check out the website at www.pickensplan.com. If you like what you see, please join me as a Pickens Plan supporter.

If a certain course of action makes the mouth-breathers furious, then that’s a good policy. – The Practical Environmentalist

Well, I feel gay!
So, guess you can't say that again!

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I just feel pretty
so pretty Miss American can just resign

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