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RonButters at AOL.COM
RonButters at AOL.COM
Tue Mar 27 18:05:23 UTC 2001
In a message dated 2/28/01 8:23:00 AM, jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM writes:
<< Wouldn't "gay" also fall into this category? Actually, it's moved in
both directions, from a sense with fairly positive overtones ("keenly
alive and exuberant") to one with negative ones ("licentious") to one
that, by now at least, is fairly neutral ("homosexual").
Joanne Despres
Merriam-Webster >>
and back AGAIN (in current teen slang) to 'disgusting'
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