I've eliminated "retarded" but KBD still says it (baby steps. i just got him to stop saying "gay" as a pejorative).
The Boy is really good about not using insults, period. (It pisses me off sometimes. I'm such a drama queen hothead, and he's so calm and kind.) However, he will SPRINT to get away from my feminist diatribes. He doesn't even like it when I say I'm SO over Family Guy because of all the rape jokes.
He's not in favor of rape, he doesn't think rape is funny, and has never, as long as I've known him, made a rape joke. He just doesn't like my feminist explication about why I don't like Family Guy anymore.
I'm still dithering on "crazy," since I don't use it to describe people with actual mental illess but that's where it came from.
Oh, I am SO with you on this.
We can't say "crazy" either?
Can't say "insane" either, unless you're referring to the logic of trolls.
Actually, I mostly use "crazy" to refer to ideas, not people.
I wouldn't say 'lame', but I wouldn't get upset at it either. (Unlike The Girl, who takes offence on my behalf at so many of these things, the poor overwhelmed sweetheart.) Likewise crazy, since I fall into that camp, too. 'Gay', 'retarded' and 'spaz'*, though, are much closer to their etymological origins, and are words that I get angry about.
I think I said I was going back to work, before I discovered the wine. Maybe 7.40pm is finishing-studying time. Maybe there could be more wine.
*I'm told that this is widely used in the US. Not so much here. I don't like that it's starting to get imported.
Unlike The Girl, who takes offence on my behalf at so many of these things, the poor overwhelmed sweetheart.
I get way more offended at transphobic language than The Boy does. I'm just trying to protect my peeps, you know?
Effing five year old calling everything "gay".
This breaks my heart.
Err...That was a joke. Emeline does not call anything or anyone "gay".
Actually, I mostly use "crazy" to refer to ideas, not people.
I'm not sure of the breakdown, but I use it to refer to ideas, people, events, experiences, fun times, and taxis.
'spaz'
Man, everything I say is offensive. I guess that's derived from...spastic? Geez, Snyder.
Oh thank God. I was ready to cry thinking of my future 5 year old dealing with that. Sorry for not getting it.
I'm just trying to protect my peeps, you know?
Hee. Yeah. The Girl knew nothing about disability rights four years ago. Then she met me. Now she's a great activist. Sweet.
I never use the word "cocksucker." To me, it carries that "being a gay man is bad because it's like being a woman" baggage....
