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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 7 May 1999 13:55:39 GMT
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cjc@newsguy#spamless#.com
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Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Mike Stanley wrote:
> > Mmmmmmm.... dunno that I "fell" for anything. I'm pretty sure I
> > understood what the poster meant.
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> Well that was the usual mis-meaning for the word homophobic you see.
Well, imo, since "homophobic" is a slang term, and one intended
primarily to demonize another group of people (ones who, in many
cases, deserve to be demonized, to be sure), I don't think that a
mostly literal interpretation of the etymological roots of the words
could be called a "mis-meaning".
I heard someone on TV the other night say that another person was
"making bank". I'm a smart guy, so I assume, from the context, that
the person is earning money, but that's not what the person said.
Slang can be fun, but it isn't always understood to mean what the
person using it intends.
> Well I go by dictionary definition always the safest bet - I think mine
> was para-phrased a lot but I couldn't think of any other way of putting
> it.
Homophobic doesn't appear in the dictionary I checked.
> > Wonder if this is fading into .off-topic.debate?
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> Wouldn't have thought so, I could easily make it so but I don't want to
> get a bad name around here.
Ah, what's in a name?
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