"gay vague"

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Tue Jun 21 18:37:07 UTC 2005


On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

> Actually, I'm more used to seeing the phrase used to describe not
> people but ads, as reflected in a 5-year-old article that I
> distribute in my language, sex & gender class...

me too.  the use in the NYT piece to refer to people was new to me.
i'm pretty sure i've never heard it out here in sodom-by-the-sea, or
on soc.motss.  now, the Gay or Eurotrash? game has been around on-
line for years...

arnold



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