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Default OT - the evolving English language

On 19/05/15 14:53, Phil L wrote:

Youngsters call each other 'gay', not meaning they are homosexual but 'lame'


I got lightly chastised at work for using said term - the other
listeners still regarded it as the previous meaning and not the current
one, which I was using it as.

I am going to start using it in its original meaning now just to wind
people up