gay, straight, or lying

[Benjamin Barrett]

I don't think logic has anything to do with it. It sounds like to me a pattern or snowclone of sorts--monosyllable, monosyllable, or bisyllable--but I can't think of any other phrases that fit. Maybe something that ends in "crazy."

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Neal Whitman wrote:

>
> My question on the blog: Why do those who don't believe in bisexuality say
> bisexuals are "gay, straight, or lying" instead of "gay or straight and
> lying"?
> http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/gay-straight-or-lying/
>
> The earliest I've seen it in print is 2003, but it was supposedly common
> among gay men before then.
>
> Neal

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