The Phat, Gay Trend

"You're trying to be gay Batman, but I know you're just faking it."

I kid you not, this is an actual quote from a 40's Batman comic. Back in it's day, i'm sure it was quite socially acceptable that Batman was not in fact homosexual, but that he was acting happy. "Now we don our gay apparel" isn't a line about cross-dressing or anything kinky, it's about being joyous and celebrating.

We try not to laugh at these old references, but modern society has perverted this word. There are many more lesser examples, like how wicked, phat, and sick are supposed to be synonymous with good. In the forties, if someone were wicked, fat and sick, they were obviously a blubbery individual with some sort of criminal record for doing foul things.

Why is it that these words were morphed? Well, my later examples have to do more with creating a language barrier between generations and boredom than any kind of societal advancement, but what about gay? At what time did society deem it inappropriate to refer to such people as homosexual? Why is it that our politically correct world sees it fit to legitimize prostitution by calling prostitutes sex trade workers?

By the same token, be watching for these upcoming terms:

victims = unlucky recipients
thieves = tangible lifters
rapists = erotic intruders

It's not politically correct, but it's life.

Fight the tide, and call a spade a spade, before the media starts calling it a 'pointed personal shovel'...

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Today's non-word is stoopidity (stoop-id-i-tee), the act of lowering oneself and one's personal standards to incorporate immoral or idiotic ideals.