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Thomas, no! (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

They still use "bugger" in the UK, which is basically the same thing but for gay people.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    For years I thought "bugger" just means "to annoy" or something like that, so I would say things like "This buggers me" or "You don't have to get so buggered about it."

    Boy am I embarrassed...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

    I've never encountered that word used with a homophobic intent, as far as I could tell. If you wanted to express that thought in my youth, other words beginning with B would be far more common. Naturally I found them as odious then as I would now.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    Doesn't matter, the word is rooted in homophobic intent.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    So is “gay”. Language evolves. Being a linguistic originalist would be a hard and eccentric hill to die on.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    What? Gay always meant happy, jolly etc. it was repurposed and gets weird if used by its original meaning. My good man, how queer! Just means ‘quite odd’, sounds very old fashioned, but never ever meant anything else. What a gay day!

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