Boondocks on "brokeba ck"

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

I doubt that this will happen. There is nothing about the two men in the
movie that suggests in any way that they are "of questionable masculinity."


In a message dated 1/24/06 4:02:37 AM, db.list at PMPKN.NET writes:


> The Boondocks cartoon from Sunday 22 January contains a "new slang
> alert", defining "brokeback" as "used to describe anything of
> questionable masculinity" and giving its etymology as "believed to have
> originated from 2005 motion picture 'Brokeback mountain'".
>
> It should be accessible through this link:
> http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2006/01/22/
>
> The question: Has anyone witnessed this in the wild, or is this an
> attempt by Aaron McGruder to create a new term?
>

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