It's featured on the television series the Wire - or I think it is, because that may be where I heard it first.
Yeah, people don't realize that words like fag, faggot, and even niggah have different meanings depending on who is using them? Also in regards to fag and faggot - it also means a cigarette in British slang.
Anyhow, thanks for sharing the touching memory with me. I have a friend who calls me and pretty much everyone "dude" regardless of gender. And I've heard bitch be used to refer to folks regardless of gender.
Context and subtext is important when it comes to language. Words change their meaning depending on how they are used.
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Date: 2025-12-31 05:30 pm (UTC)Yeah, people don't realize that words like fag, faggot, and even niggah have different meanings depending on who is using them? Also in regards to fag and faggot - it also means a cigarette in British slang.
Anyhow, thanks for sharing the touching memory with me. I have a friend who calls me and pretty much everyone "dude" regardless of gender. And I've heard bitch be used to refer to folks regardless of gender.
Context and subtext is important when it comes to language. Words change their meaning depending on how they are used.