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To: thecabal
Have you seen the new PSAs against the term "That's so gay"? They show teenage girls behind a cash register talking and every once in a while one will say, "That's so gay," and then some lesbian comes up and looks at one of the girl's name tags and says, "That's so Darlene" (or whatever her name is) and then lectures them on how it's "wrong' to use that term in that way.

I have a teen (well, 20). If the networks think THIS will work, they don't know teens. Their first comment on seeing that ad is, "That's so gay."

69 posted on 01/06/2009 5:06:52 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: LS
“That's so gay” has been in the lexicon of younger people for quite some time.

It has nothing to do with homosexuality.

Just as it didn't a few decades ago.

The homosexuals usurped it from the language and turned it into something despicable so that they could call themselves something the opposite of what they really are.

A little word game.

Well, now the word has been taken from them and used by the youth to mean something is lame, dumb, stupid etc.

From The Urban Dictionary:

1. Teh Ghey
Phrase origination: 'That's Gay'.

'Teh Ghey', is an Internet slang-based phrase, used to express dislike for something, someplace, or something.

'Teh Ghey' has nothing to do with homosexuals/gay people, although some people seem to think so.

"iPods are teh ghey."

"iTunes are teh ghey."

"That movie I went to see last night was teh ghey."

"Trish is annoying. Everything she talks about is teh ghey!!"
So 'Ghey' has nothing to do with homosexuals, although they will still complain about it.

Heck, they stole the word, so now it has been stolen back!

99 posted on 01/06/2009 10:26:36 AM PST by Syncro (Mi TagLine)
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