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That’s so gay. That is serly retard. On a daily basis, you will hear the words ‘gay’ or ‘retard’ eher the halls, outsi of school, or even your own group of iends. But when you hear the words, they will almost always be ed a rogatory manner. Acrdg to the Merriam-Webster Dictnary,...

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AS A GROWN-UP, ALEX KUCZYNSKI LEARNED THAT PEOPLE ARE BOTH GAY AND RETARD

There's over one thoand words the dictnary, and a majory of people, mostly high school, e "gay" and "retard." And, they also say "like" at least twice each sentence. That is very sad. There are so * gay and retarded *

I will share wh my -workers that I am gog on a date wh a man or gog to an LGBT-themed event wh an almost belligerent pri, but am overwhelmed wh fear havg to adm to those same people that I’m leavg slightly early to see my therapist or that I need to take some time off due to another, the word “prsn” still has a be to , the way that the word “gay” did when I first dared to say to someone else reference to myself. It’s a morbid pot to make, but mak perfect sense that we, as a muny, stggle a recent event I attend, set up to tra LGBT role mols to vis schools and teach children about homophobia, no one explicly mentned their stggl wh mental illns. gay - happy/joyful.

GAY VS RETARD - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY | RETARD |AS VERBS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND RETARDIS THAT GAY IS TO CROW WHILE RETARD IS (RETARD).AS A NOUN GAYIS NAPE.AS AN ADJECTIVE RETARD ISLAYED; LAYED VELOPMENT, HRED; IMPED.GAYENGLISHPROPER NOUN(EN PROPER NOUN), ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY OM THE WORD GAY, "JOYFUL"; RARE TODAY.. ALSO A SHORTENED FORM OF GABRIEL, GAYLORD AND SIAR NAM, OR TRANSFERRED OM THE SURNAME.* 1992 , UNTO THE SONS , BALLANTE BOOKS 1993, ISBN 0804110336, PAGE 15- - - MY FATHER'S FATHER, GAETANO TALE ( WHOSE NAME I HERED AFTER MY BIRTH 1932, THE ANGLICIZED OM OF "GAY "), WAS AN ATYPILLY FEARLS TRAVELER,* 2004 , BAD DIRT , FOURTH ESTATE, ISBN 0007196911, PAGE 32"MR GAY BRAWLS. WHAT A NAME.""IT DIDN'T E TO MEAN WHAT MEANS NOW. PLENTY WERE NAMED GAY'. EVEN NEVADA. WAS OLD ' GAY PCH HAD A GAS STATN WNEMUC. NOBODY THOUGHT NOTH ABOUT AND HE RAISED A RAILROAD R OF KIDS.- - -ANAGRAMS*RETARD

Anyone else feel like you're fightg a losg battle when to teachg kids not to ll each other 'retard' or 'gay'? How do you disurage this? * gay and retarded *

gay - homosexual. gay - stupid/annoyg. The feature stctur dg gay[happy] and gay[homosexual] mt state that selects for somethg that is +animate, whereas the one for gay[stupid] do not require that feature.

"GAY" AND "RETARD": WHO CAN SAY THE WORDS?

As nouns the difference between gay and retard is that gay is nape while retard is... * gay and retarded *

John is gay[happy/homosexual]. John is gay[annoyg]. My phone is gay[annoyg].

*My phone is gay[happy/homosexual].

“Central air is so … gay, ” she told . “Ten years ago, I sort of thought was important to brg back the term gay, ” she explaed.

STOP SAYG "LIKE," "GAY," AND "RETARD"

The state of beg so gay that one be retard or vice versa." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * gay and retarded *

Gay, like, happy? Gay like happy?! No, I wanted to e gay the lloquial language.

Like, ‘That is so fuckg gay. ’ Like, that is so fuckg, like … gay! ” So, jt gay the pejorative way.

But central air ndng is so gay. Would she ever sneak slang-gay to the Tim?

“THAT’S SO GAY”: WHY PHRAS LIKE THE ARE BREAKG OUR COMMUNY

“That’s so gay.” “I got raped by that fal.” “You’re so retard.” * gay and retarded *

But, ‘That’s so gay?

’ ‘Gay-tard? I hate to say , but when you’re a grown-up, you realize people are both gay and retard. As a Grown-up, Alex Kuczynski Learned That People Are Both Gay and Retard.

HOW TO ADDRS THE USE OF “RETARD” OR “GAY” THE CLASSROOM

The words "retard" and "gay" have snuck their way to our everyday language and have adapted a negative nnotatn. I look gay.

GAY VS RETARD - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY | RETARD |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND RETARDIS THAT GAY IS A HOMOSEXUAL, PECIALLY A MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEE ALSO LBIAN WHILE RETARD IS RETARDATN; LAY.AS VERBS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND RETARDIS THAT GAY IS TO MAKE HAPPY OR CHEERFUL WHILE RETARD IS TO KEEP LAYG; TO NTUE TO HR; TO PREVENT OM PROGRS; TO RENR MORE SLOW PROGRS; TO IMPE; TO HR.AS A PROPER NOUN GAYIS {{SURNAME|A=AN|ENGLISH|OM=NICKNAM}}, ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY PERSON.AS AN ADJECTIVE GAYIS HAPPY, JOYFUL, AND LIVELY.OTHER COMPARISONS: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY VS RETARDGAYENGLISHPROPER NOUN(EN PROPER NOUN), ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY OM THE WORD GAY, "JOYFUL"; RARE TODAY.. ALSO A SHORTENED FORM OF GABRIEL, GAYLORD AND SIAR NAM, OR TRANSFERRED OM THE SURNAME.* 1992 , UNTO THE SONS , BALLANTE BOOKS 1993, ISBN 0804110336, PAGE 15- - - MY FATHER'S FATHER, GAETANO TALE ( WHOSE NAME I HERED AFTER MY BIRTH 1932, THE ANGLICIZED OM OF "GAY "), WAS AN ATYPILLY FEARLS TRAVELER,* 2004 , BAD DIRT , FOURTH ESTATE, ISBN 0007196911, PAGE 32"MR GAY BRAWLS. WHAT A NAME.""IT DIDN'T E TO MEAN WHAT MEANS NOW. PLENTY WERE NAMED GAY'. EVEN NEVADA. WAS OLD ' GAY PCH HAD A GAS STATN WNEMUC. NOBODY THOUGHT NOTH ABOUT AND HE RAISED A RAILROAD R OF KIDS.- - -ANAGRAMS*RETARD

Before you thk about g them, are the lor of those pants really "gay? gay | retard |As verbs the difference between gay and retardis that gay is to crow while retard is (retard) a noun gayis an adjective retard islayed; layed velopment, hred; imped.

GAYTARD

GayEnglishProper noun(en proper noun), origally a nickname for a cheerful or lively the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and siar nam, or transferred om the surname.

* 1992, Unto the Sons, Ballante Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15- - - my father's father, Gaetano Tale ( whose name I hered after my birth 1932, the anglicized om of "Gay "), was an atypilly fearls traveler, * 2004, Bad Dirt, Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32"Mr Gay Brawls.

GAYTARD

Plenty were named Gay'. Was old ' Gay Pch had a gas statn Wnemuc.

Don't start sayg Gay and Retard a "posive" way.

Do your homosexual and disabled iends a favour. Even if there are disabled or gay people that are okay wh the ia, there are still on that are not. There's over one thoand words the dictnary, and a majory of people, mostly high school, e "gay" and "retard.

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE: WHY YOU SHOULD STOP SAYG GAY, RAPE AND RETARD EVERYDAY CONVERSATN

Instead of g "gay" to scribe an over-bearg homework assignment, one says, "ase, " "ridiculo, " "annoyg, " "terrible, " or "unpleasant" (the list go on forever, pretty much). Above all, gay first meant "happy.

I have e to the very upsettg realizatn that the phras “that’s so gay” and “that’s retard” are, no way, on their way out. I n walk down nearly any hall and hear someone ll somethg “gay” or “retard. ” and that’s bee that’s not what people are thkg when they ll somethg gay or retard.

WORDS ‘GAY’ AND ‘RETARD’ HNT THE HALLS OF FOOTHILL

I uld go on for awhile about how trated I am that our society still associat “gay” and “retard” as sults stead of simply ways of beg, but I had a thought while planng this post. Why pick “gay” or “retard”, when you uld e “nse” or “fatuo” or “wls” or any other word that gets your pot across whout hurtg someone. “As a person who don’t intify as gay, or as somebody who is not mentally handipped, you wouldn’t have a reason to fd [those phras] offensive.

What do you do when your stunts regularly e appropriate terms the classroom, such as “retard” or “gay?

“Anyone else feel like you’re fightg a losg battle when to teachg kids not to ll each other ‘retard’ or ‘gay? “When my high school stunts say somethg is gay, I say, ‘No, really don’t have anythg to do wh lovg someone of the same genr.

WHAT'S MORE OFFENSIVE - ''THAT'S GAY'' OR ''THAT'S RETARD'' ?

“I make more tangible to my 7th gra stunts by explag how ‘gay’ and ‘retard’ n affect others who may have gay or tellectually disabled iends or fay members. “I always tell them, ‘You never know who may actually intify as gay at your age, and you’re makg them feel bad by g that as an sult. " Savage is gay and brgs a specific knowledge to that phrase.

Acrdg to Oxford English Dictnary edor Jse Sheidlower, "gay" and "retard" occupy parallel lguistic posns when to schoolyard trash talk.

"Retard, " like "gay, " functns as an all-purpose put-down, says Sheidlower. If you say, "Stop beg so gay, " or "That movie was retard, " 's not meant to be taken lerally — as "Stop beg so homosexual, " or "That movie was tellectually disabled.

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