# I didn't "catch teh gay" you moron! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639 "2006-11-16T05:04:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/81 "2006-11-17T18:01:19Z")
[QUOTE=Daffyd] After seeing loser after loser on Fark talking about “gheyass”, “faggots”, and “pillow-biters”, I have become a little touchy lately… It definitely _isn’t_ a case of irony-impairment over there. :mad: [/QUOTE] Pillow-biter? Haven’t heard that one. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/82 "2006-11-17T18:08:32Z")
[QUOTE=Daffyd] After seeing loser after loser on Fark talking about “gheyass”, “faggots”, and “pillow-biters”, I have become a little touchy lately… It definitely _isn’t_ a case of irony-impairment over there. :mad: [/QUOTE] Don’t forget my personal favorite, fudgepacker. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/83 "2006-11-17T23:16:29Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Don’t forget my personal favorite, fudgepacker. [/QUOTE] I think my favourite is the French “tapette,” which literally means “flyswatter.” I think it has to do with the wrist thing. As I said (in French) during one particularly irritating fiesta o’ homophobia, “Just because I’m a _tapette_ doesn’t mean I plan to spend my life killing flies!” ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/84 "2006-11-17T23:26:23Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] I think my favourite is the French “tapette,” which literally means “flyswatter.” I think it has to do with the wrist thing. As I said (in French) during one particularly irritating fiesta o’ homophobia, “Just because I’m a _tapette_ doesn’t mean I plan to spend my life killing flies!” [/QUOTE] Oh, I like that! But then, everything sounds better in french. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/85 "2006-11-18T06:05:31Z")
[QUOTE=Daffyd] I didn’t “catch teh gay” you moron! [/QUOTE] 😕 Then how did you end up the way you are? Did your mother coddle you? Were you picked on as a child? There HAS TO BE a cause. 😉 (my daughter’s best male friend, more than anybody I have ever met, demonstrates there HAS TO BE a genetic component. There is no way in Hell this guy is straight.) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/86 "2006-11-18T15:49:52Z")
[QUOTE=JCorre] But does it change anything if they spell it “ghey”? I’m with you though. I normally find “teh” anything pretty fucking annoying. Much less when its used in an insult! [/QUOTE] What I find ucking annoying is when folks don’t include the apostrophe in it’s to mean it is and to omit it only when referring to possession. It’s it’s! ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/87 "2006-11-18T17:44:59Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] (my daughter’s best male friend, more than anybody I have ever met, demonstrates there HAS TO BE a genetic component. There is no way in Hell this guy is straight.) [/QUOTE] How does he demonstrate that? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/88 "2006-11-18T17:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] And God help them if they’re European _telemarketers_!! 😃 [/QUOTE] I would love to get a call from a European Telemarketer. ET.- So hows the twigs and berries? Enipla. - ehh.. I don’t garden. And I burn the twigs about twice a year. ET. - Twice a year! Then you must need V1agra. Enipla. - Ummm… no the fire is just fine. I usually get it about 4 feet tall. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/89 "2006-11-18T20:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] I think my favourite is the French “tapette,” which literally means “flyswatter.” I think it has to do with the wrist thing. As I said (in French) during one particularly irritating fiesta o’ homophobia, “Just because I’m a _tapette_ doesn’t mean I plan to spend my life killing flies!” [/QUOTE] Ever since I read it in _Quicksilver_, I’ve been a fan of “clitoriste” as an alternative for “lesbian.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/90 "2006-11-18T20:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] How does he demonstrate that? [/QUOTE] An elegant series of charts and graphs that he did using PowerPoint. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/91 "2006-11-18T20:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] What I find ucking annoying is when folks don’t include the apostrophe in it’s to mean it is and to omit it only when referring to possession. It’s it’s! [/QUOTE] I’m annoyed by ucking, too. I hear Gudere really hates ucking, too. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/92 "2006-11-18T20:54:44Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I’m annoyed by ucking, too. I hear Gudere really hates ucking, too. [/QUOTE] Nope. G **a** udere ucks! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/93 "2006-11-18T22:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Ever since I read it in _Quicksilver_, I’ve been a fan of “clitoriste” as an alternative for “lesbian.” [/QUOTE] What about the _clittorati_? Much more elegant than _le mucheiere du carpete_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/94 "2006-11-18T22:23:30Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] An elegant series of charts and graphs that he did using PowerPoint. [/QUOTE] Which were all colour-co-ordinated, of course. A _penissimo_? _Penisario_? _Penista?_ ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/95 "2006-11-18T22:28:09Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] It’s tricky. I’d capitalize Gays in general, but not that gay bloke. Same thing with Blacks but not that black dude. Transsexuals as a group/community gets a big “T” but a transsexual person gets a small “t.” [/QUOTE] Maybe I’m being wooshed, but referring to people as “gays” and “blacks” with upper or lower case sounds kind of wrongish to me. “Gay people,” and “Black people,” are fine with me, mind you, it’s the use of the adjectives as nouns that sounds bad. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/96 "2006-11-19T05:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] Maybe I’m being wooshed, but referring to people as “gays” and “blacks” with upper or lower case sounds kind of wrongish to me. “Gay people,” and “Black people,” are fine with me, mind you, it’s the use of the adjectives as nouns that sounds bad. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s why I said it’s tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/97 "2006-11-19T13:32:55Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] Well, that’s why I said it’s tricky. [/QUOTE] You said it was tricky, but followed up with flat-out bad advice that would not be backed by any style guide in the United States. So I guess I still don’t know if you’re joking or just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/98 "2006-11-19T14:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] 😕 Then how did you end up the way you are? Did your mother coddle you? Were you picked on as a child? There HAS TO BE a cause. 😉 [/QUOTE] Which reminds me of the all time great bit of graffiti at Sydney University. **My mother made me a homosexual**. and below it: _If I get her the wool will she make me one too?_ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/99 "2006-11-20T11:39:01Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Which reminds me of the all time great bit of graffiti at Sydney University. **My mother made me a homosexual**. and below it: _If I get her the wool will she make me one too?_ [/QUOTE] Which then brings up the question: why is the BEST graffiti seen on the back of dunny doors? What is it about taking a crap that brings out the ‘creative streak’ in us?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639/100 "2006-11-20T14:18:57Z")
[QUOTE=chorpler] If I recall correctly, this whole mockery of bigots with the “caught teh gay” phrase started up in earnest when there was a post a couple years back about a poster’s grandmother, who said something like “He’s got the gay, you know,” to the poster (in regards to some guy who was apparently gay). It just sounded so hilarious, and so obviously goofy, that it spread like wildfire and transmuted into “caught teh gay” as a way of mocking those who think gaiety is transmissible. [/QUOTE] Yes indeed! I remember this thread, and would love to search it out and link to it, but I doubt that I could track it down, “the” and “gay” being unsearchable. Anyway, I’m pretty sure that it was that thread that made “catching The Gay” one of the board’s in-jokes (like, say, 1920’s-style death rays). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-catch-teh-gay-you-moron/380639.md?page=6)