Article about revived usage of 'gay' as an insult (including/especially by gay people): http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/09/14/gaygaygay/index.html Lynne -- M. Lynne Murphy Lecturer in Linguistics School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Brighton BN1 3AN UK phone: +44(0)1273-678844 fax: +44(0)1273-671320