ext_6139 ([identity profile] blackjackrocket.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] teleen_fiction 2011-02-03 01:24 am (UTC)

See, here's the thing. Your post was about multiple words. My reply was about multiple words. Now you're only going on about one word. I brought up this example as a demonstration of how meanings change over time and you're only showing how words stagnate, how words aren't ALLOWED to change meaning. I'm going about this from a linguistic standpoint.

Besides, "effeminate" and "flamboyant" are not inherently used as insults. They are a lot of the time, but that doesn't make the words or concepts themselves inherently insulting when brought up. It depends on user, on context, on a lot of things.

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