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Old 09-04-2018, 09:08 AM   #607 (permalink)
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Yeah and currently it's mostly used a slur so I don't really see your point. Past definitions of things don't make saying what is now a slur great to do. When it starts popularly meaning bundle of sticks again go hog wild.
Well the current definition is two-fold: a gay slur and the ultimate slur against a male. The second version is reliant on the history of the first but its meaning has still been diluted to the extent that it has its own nebulous definition.
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