Passed on by Adam Schembri in OUT In Linguistics (on Facebook): This is generic-slur gay vs. gay ‘homosexual’, which Wentz (and others) take to be “the same word”, so that disparaging occurrences of it (with no attribution of sexuality intended) nevertheless evoke an attribution of sexuality. Opinions differ. Sarah Cutfield in a comment on Schembri’s … Continue reading That’s so gay!