Synonym for gay
That's gay [synonym]
... finding alternatives for 'that's gay' could be useful in diminishing the phrase's prevalence...
Campy is not precise enough... by definition: "providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities." Using the statement 'that is gay' in my context denotes something that isn't amusing or laughable, but strange in an uncomfortable way, and perhaps slightly prosaic.
ewie said:
How about whack? (Just a untamed guess.)
By the way, are you looking for a word that would be comprehensible to all English speakers, just Americans, just Californians ... ?Click to expand...
'Whack' is definitely suitable in the 'that sucks' context (eg. a friend tells you about their misfortune, and you reply with 'that's gay').
As far as comprehension, I was initially thinking more along the lines of how an academic writer would convey the alike meaning (using lexicon with higher dignity), but I surmise any conventional synonyms are welcome.
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Gays: Do You Discover "Gay" as a Synonym for "Lame" Offensive?
HeyHomie1
Back in The Day, whenever I or my friends would find something not to our liking, it was perfectly reasonable to say it was “gay.” As in, “Ghostbusters 2 was gay, don’t spot it.” Or, “I got a parking ticket for parking in the lecturer parking lot. That’s gay.”
Of course, this was the 80’s and the whole gay-tolerance thing wasn’t really that much of a thing (at least, among my peer group of teens in central Illinois), and attitudes have changed.
Of course, the usage still goes on. Ferinstance, on a recent episode of Family Guy a traits expressed disdain for a situation by saying “Well that’s gay.”
So what’s the deal nowadays? Do gays generally regard this as a bad thing, or is it understood as a relic of older slang?
FWIW, a gay comrade in my fantasy football league will himself exclaim things like “I confused last weekend because of Cutler’s interceptions. That’s gay.”
Poll to follow.
miss_elizabeth2
I didn’t vote because I’m not queer , but I think its indisputably a slur. I don’t use it for that reason. There are other words I can use that serve the same (or, better,