# Who has the gayest Nickname?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 16, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643 "2000-05-16T03:07:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Myndephuquer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@Myndephuquer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myndephuquer)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643/41 "2000-05-16T20:24:16Z")

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::shuffle shuffle shuffle:: I believe that I have number 1, so it’s my turn.  
I’m sorry, Esprix.

I think the initial idea was funny and harmless enough, but it needed to be reworded. Biggirl is on the right track.  
“Plain Courtesy” – 'have to remember that one.

trying…to…bite…lip…not…working…I have heard 20-35 year old white women preaching so many fucking times that I guess I have a hair-trigger now. Not trying to make an excuse. maybe I am.  
I do apologize for any offense (even to you, Eve.) Some of that stuff belongs in the Pit.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643/42 "2000-05-16T20:46:47Z")

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Accepted, dear—especially as you called me “20-to-35-years old.”

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**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643/43 "2000-05-16T20:52:07Z")

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**Myndephuquer** wrote:

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> ::shuffle shuffle shuffle:: I believe that I have number 1, so it’s my turn. I’m sorry, Esprix.

Oh, dear, you don’t need to apologize to me - I wasn’t offended by anything you said in this thread. But thank you just the same. 🙂

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> “Plain Courtesy” – 'have to remember that one.

Being “PC” should be a matter of social politeness, not political hitting-you-over-the-headness - don’t insult people just because it’s not nice. At least, that’s how I look at it.

Esprix

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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643/44 "2000-05-16T21:37:12Z")

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> Being “PC” should be a matter of social politeness, not political hitting-you-over-the-headness - don’t insult people just because it’s not nice. At least, that’s how I look at it.
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> Esprix  
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_ **Bite me Gay Boy.** _

_L_ just kidding.

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**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:** [May 16, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-gayest-nickname/19643/45 "2000-05-16T23:48:16Z")

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> Just when did the homosexual community buy exclusive rights to the word “gay”? When I grew up, the word actually was used to describe “happy” and “joyful”. Now some minority group gets hold of it, builds up a guilt-complex in the rest of the community, and squeals like a stuck pig when its adopted label gets used in a different fashion.

Hey, bozo, straight people started using it for gay people in the first place. You gave it to us. It’s ours. No bitching that you want it back.

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