phat/fat, phuque&suque

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>>And as for FAT/PHAT--close to the kind example of what I was trying to find.
>>And along similar lines, NOW I also recall that there were attempts (not very
>>successful) at breaking GEY 'homosexual' away from GAY 'merry; decadent'.
>Speaking of which, cf. QUEAN vs. QUEEN.

I think 'phat'/'fat', 'whore'/'ho', 'gay'/'gey', 'queen'/'quean', and
'glamour'/'grammar' are getting into the area of denotative distinctions
rather than connotative ones.

-- Doug Wilson