Out of the mouths...
One day at the park, during the period when my daughter was first learning to talk, she was at the top of a castle in the playpark, happily making random noises in a fairly loud voice. Bah! Ti! Boo! and so on. Just as a couple of guys jogged past in the full fluorescent lycra bodysuits, with all the expensive accessories and designer shades, she looked at them and shouted out "Gay!"

I was so proud.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 9:43, 13 replies)

*click*
:D
(Flap Burger hasn't really got a burger made of flaps, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 9:58, closed)

Aww, homophobia is so cute when it's coming from toddlers!

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 10:04, closed)

Well, actually I interpreted it in the modern idiom, where "gay" means "naff" or "crap"
...though of course you can make a coherent argument that THAT's homophobic.

And they did look like massive tools, who deserved pointing and laughing...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 10:25, closed)

Indeed.
I was torn between finding your story funny, or being outraged.

As we're on the internet, I feel obliged to urge you to drown your children, to prevent further offence.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 11:42, closed)

How dare you appropriate the word for your own use!
It's a perfectly legitimate word meaning "homosexual".
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 14:49, closed)

What's homophobic about it?
It just sounds like early-developing gaydar.
(ubergeekian, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 11:41, closed)

To be fair, there's nothing offensive about toddler babble.
That said, go persuade a toddler to shout "nigger" at some black people, and see how far that gets you.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 15:34, closed)

The late and great comedian Dave Allen
When he was a small boy Went to his uncle's farm and while he was watching his uncle milking a cow it 'broke wind'. Little Dave asked "What was that? " His uncle replied "Oh the cow, it just farted". A few days later Dave and his dad ( A devoutly religious man who apparently hated bad language of any kind ) were walking their dog in the park and the dog 'let one go'. Dave said "Oh Daddy, doggie FARTED!" Dave's dad went ballistic on hearing his little boy uttering a 'naughty' word and yelled at him "Where did you hear that?" Young Dave replied "It came out of the dogs bum!"
(Mackeson_drinker, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 11:34, closed)

in response to monster munch i dont think this is homophobic at all. There are two very different gay guys at our office.
One is very effeminate and the other is just a average sort of bloke you would never in fact guess was gay unless he told you.
When talking about the effeminate gay one day the average gay guy said "jesus thats the gayest gay man i know.... and i know lots of them."

The word Gay seems to have so many meanings these days i dont think anyone has a clue which definition is right anymore anyway.
People are also too scared to say what they mean because of this fact too.
(Cov Boy, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 13:08, closed)

i'll risk going further
*grabs fire blanket

I can't stand camp nancy-boy squealing queens.

It's not really anything to do with their sexuality, they're just tossers. I don't like straight tossers either. In fact now I think of it, I probably get on better with my 'normal' gay friends than my straight ones due to their conversation ranging further than football or starwars.
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 13:41, closed)

I agree.
"Professional homosexuals" - people who wouldn't know what music to listen to, what books to read, what to talk about or how to act, were it not for the fact that they're gay.

Bloody annoying.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 14:51, closed)

See also "celebrity homosexuals"
AKA those who are famous and have a TV career by sole dint of the fact that they're gay. Apparently being gay now constitutes a talent in itself, and those who have become celebrities by latching onto this particular teat are not doing the cause any favour, since they're basically parading themselves like zoo animals.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 15:02, closed)

Congratulations on hitting the wrong reply button.
I grew up with "gay" being used as a pejorative term, used to accuse someone of being homosexual. I'm all for words being reclaimed, by I'm less happy about them slipping into casual usage whilst retaining their negative conotations.

With a bit of luck, "gay" will drop out of fashion, much like "dutch" has long since done so.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 15:43, closed)