[ADS-L] "gay" again

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In a message dated 7/29/06 1:58:54 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:


> Zits cartoon of 7/25/06, two teenage boys:
> 
> 1. Jeremy points at Billy's shoes, saying:
>    Ha! Ha!  Billy, your shoes look so gay!
> 
> 2. Billy:  I *am* gay, Jeremy.
>     Jeremy: I know.
> 
> 3. Jeremy: I didn't mean "gay" as in "homosexual," I meant "gay" as in
> "lame."
> 
> 4. Jeremy, alone, with thought bubble: Why do people always
> misinterpret what I say?
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