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30 years of gay times with the butler UwU (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago by Mandarbmax@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's kind of an old-timey usage. Comes up a lot in Lord of the Rings.

"Gay" in this context is also old-timey.

But a cigarette is still a "fag" to a lot of people. Interestingly uncomfortable for me to even type out even though I grew up with that being a totally normal word!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know gay and fag mean happy and cigarette, but didn't know that queer was used to mean unusual (like I know it can be defined as that, but didn't think anyone used it like that.)

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The song "Star of the County Down", as sung by The High Kings, uses "queer" to mean "unusual". Incidently, I find that to be the best arrange of this classic Irish tune - very melodious.