I've always assumed
bumgay is just to be differentiated from happygay.
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Sun 29 Feb 2004, 14:01,
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fair enough
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The Wigmeister,
Sun 29 Feb 2004, 14:05,
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But I might be wrong
It would be helpful if the Oxford english dictionary made more distinctions like that.
Funnyhaha versus funnypeculiar
Overbridge versus underbridge
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Sun 29 Feb 2004, 14:08,
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