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Isn't that basically this entire thread?

I personally swear a whole lot! I can't stop swearing! I swear for breakfast, lunch, and dinner ;)
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I agree with Mako's point. I have seen situations on here where people are angrily posting at others, and have censored words in their posts. I wonder if that will seem more insulting with the censors off. Guess everyone has thick enough skin to handle it.
 
I, for one, f*cking agree, that it was that c*cksucker Dan, who is leaving a motherf*cking impression on you, causing you to f*cking curse left and right
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Heh, I guess you figured out pretty quick who is really reasonable for my recent behavior. ROFL
 
I agree with Mako's point. I have seen situations on here where people are angrily posting at others, and have censored words in their posts. I wonder if that will seem more insulting with the censors off. Guess everyone has thick enough skin to handle it.
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Explicit or not, anything I judge as 'abuse' in Completely Unrelated will be dealt with accordingly.

Now is also a good time to explain that I don't like people using 'gay' to mean 'lame, effeminate, silly'. I prefer it if people don't do it.
 
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Now is also a good time to explain that I don't like people using 'gay' to mean 'lame, effeminate, silly'. So don't do it.
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I don't like that usage, but not for any reasons of offense, but simply because it's stupid and confusing. It can lead to misunderstandings when used in this form: if you call a person "gay" meaning anything but homosexual, somebody's gonna misinterpret it for sure. Clarity is always a good thing in written language.

ex:
"president bush is gay"
"what? He's happily married"
"no, i just meant he's a bad president"

and then the first person comes across sounding like an idiot.

As for this thread being "Massive vulgarity", since it's in completely unrelated and being confined to this thread I strongly doubt anybody's gonna have a problem with it. It's not like anybody's cursing out Aali in his custom driver thread for not having a new release soon enough or anything.
 
gay means happy.  Stop hijacking words.. A man can't even use the word "come" these days.  :-D
 
Now is also a good time to explain that I don't like people using 'gay' to mean 'lame, effeminate, silly'. So don't do it.
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So you're going to use your mod power to push your linguistic prescriptivist views on everyone else? Naughty! :mrgreen:

I don't like that usage, but not for any reasons of offense, but simply because it's stupid and confusing. It can lead to misunderstandings when used in this form: if you call a person "gay" meaning anything but homosexual, somebody's gonna misinterpret it for sure. Clarity is always a good thing in written language.
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As a general rule, when "gay" is used in that way, it's referring to inanimate objects and abstract concepts, so such confusions is rare. Example:

This thread is gay
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The meaning is clear.

Now, as for "faggot", there we can leave ourselves open to confusion. If I say "OP is a faggot", it really could mean two different things.

gay means happy
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No.

The English language, and the meanings of the words therein, has been changing at a frightening pace ever since Hengest and Horsa were first spotted at the Kentish shore.if you argue that "gay" means happy, then you're committed to asserting that all kinds of words are being used completely wrongly.
 
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The meaning is clear.

Now, as for "faggot", there we can leave ourselves open to confusion. If I say "OP is a faggot", it really could mean two different things.
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Been battling a 4chan user for quite some time on my site, he uses these words!? What does "OP" stand for? I am pretty sure I know what f****t means :/

Such a strange culture, but very distinctive...You can tell they are from 4chan just by reading one of their posts.
 
original post or poster.
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This doesn't make sense!? One time I got "OP f-- here you are a --- and a a------" or something of the sort! Is the person referring to himself/herself as a f--?

Why would they do this? I think it stands for something else right?

EDIT: Looked it up you are correct...
 
This doesn't make sense!? One time I got "OP f-- here you are a --- and a a------" or something of the sort! Is the person referring to himself/herself as a f--?

Why would they do this? I think it stands for something else right?

EDIT: Looked it up you are correct...
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Yes, it's common to use the word "fag" (usually as a suffix) to refer to oneself on *chan sites. This is particularly common when talking about one's nationality: Britfag, Ausfag, Amerifag etc.

Although I don't recall ever seeing anyone call themselves OPfag. That's unusual.
 
OP has different meanings depending on context. For example, if someone says "Knights of the Round is OP", they probably mean overpowered.
 
I think this isn't too bad of an idea, as not everybody uses swearing for insults.

Example, on other forums for something really cool I might go:

" :o That shit is fucking amazing"

Of course I'm not saying we should all excessively curse, but I think It's a good idea to have a filter that's toggleable. After all, It's not like we have a swearing filter embedded in our ears.
 
Gay

2 dated light-hearted and carefree:Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face
3 dated brightly coloured; showy:a gay profusion of purple and pink sweet peas


Oxford dictionary.  It is more of an authority on spelling and meaning than you kud ;)  Gay means exactly what is above and did originally, but can also mean a homosexual person or

4 informal not impressive, stylish, or attractive:he thinks the obsession with celebrity is totally gay
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It depends on context nowadays but the word was hijacked.  It still retains its original meaning in context, or the flintstones is wrong.  The flintstones is too cool to be wrong, so am I and so is the oxford dictionary.
 
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Notice how the word "dated" comes before the definitions.  It may as well mean that those definitions no longer apply, unless the context of the word takes place in a time when it did apply.

It's not a good idea to use the word "gay" for its original meanings as they has been phased out in favor of the newer, more unfortunate meanings.

I'm feeling very gay today.  I'm feeling very happy today.
 
But what does it matter, if no one uses it for that context?
 
Well that is just my point.  It has been hijacked.  But the bottom line is, it can still mean what it did originally and is OK for use in that context.  If people have a problem with that they should make a new word up and use that for "to be a homosexual".
 
They should, but they won't.  People suck.  They never do what they should do.  They just follow whatever appears to be the norm :-\

EDIT: When I say "people suck", please don't take me too seriously.
 
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