Other hivemind question: I'm having a brain fart, and it's annoying the heck out of me. What is the term that denotes the process of reclaiming a derogatory slur? Does anyone know? I knew it, but that particular synapse appears to have gone walkabout.
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Oct 23, 2006 5:40:18 pm PDT #5200 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Vortex - Oct 23, 2006 5:42:22 pm PDT #5201 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Kristin -- "taking [it] back"?
Pix - Oct 23, 2006 5:43:47 pm PDT #5202 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Vortex, no--this is an actual sociological term, nothing colloquial. ACK it is making me MAD!
Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2006 5:58:46 pm PDT #5203 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Kristin, I think the word is, um, "reclaim".
Pix - Oct 23, 2006 6:02:40 pm PDT #5204 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Nope. There's another term. I'm going to wake up screaming it in the middle of the night, I just know it.
Cashmere - Oct 23, 2006 6:04:51 pm PDT #5205 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Kristin, is it code-switching?
Pix - Oct 23, 2006 6:07:06 pm PDT #5206 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Cash, closer, but no. One word. What is making me batty is I know it is discussed in a book that I own.......that is right now at work.
I'm trying to walk away now.
Lee - Oct 23, 2006 6:08:06 pm PDT #5207 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Lee also had lots of fun with the very cold snow. Shoving balls of it down my shirt, to be precise. 'Cause we actually left the house a few times.
YOU STARTED IT.
Also, I knew we should have taken outside pictures. Maybe then Cass would believe us.
Welcome back msbelle!
Cashmere - Oct 23, 2006 6:10:05 pm PDT #5208 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm trying to walk away now.
Now I'm dying to know what the word is.
Pix - Oct 23, 2006 6:11:39 pm PDT #5209 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I promise I will post it tomorrow!