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.
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tommyrot - Nov 12, 2009 9:39:48 am PST #257 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 12, 2009 9:40:18 am PST #258 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
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.
Glamcookie - Nov 12, 2009 9:41:41 am PST #259 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Effing five year old calling everything "gay".
This breaks my heart.
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2009 9:42:07 am PST #260 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
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?
Aims - Nov 12, 2009 9:43:34 am PST #261 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Effing five year old calling everything "gay".
This breaks my heart.
Err...That was a joke. Emeline does not call anything or anyone "gay".
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2009 9:43:50 am PST #262 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Glamcookie - Nov 12, 2009 9:44:07 am PST #263 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Oh thank God. I was ready to cry thinking of my future 5 year old dealing with that. Sorry for not getting it.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 12, 2009 9:44:24 am PST #264 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
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.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2009 9:44:50 am PST #265 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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....
Vortex - Nov 12, 2009 9:46:07 am PST #266 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I guess since it's exclusively marketed to women, it feels to me like another slam against us. I try to keep my insults gender-neutral, like asshole, shitheel, fuckhead, etc.
my favorite is jackhole. Technically neutral, but everyone knows what it means.