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    I know in England a 'faggot' is a cigarette....You might often hear someone say, "Hi Mate....Will you give me a faggot?".....It's a very often said word but used a lot differently than other people on the other side of the pond use it as.

    The word is used quite often in media and also in books, I remember Hemmingway using it quite often to define a homosexual man.

    I know languages are always changing and what is deragatory one day will be socially and linguistically correct the next day.

    Do you think the words "Faggot" or "Dyke" are still quite offensive words?


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    It depends on the context. When I wear flannel and a freind tells me I have that cute dyke look, that's cool. When I'm with my girlfreind and some guy gets in our faces and calls us fucking dykes, that's offensive. Tho I guess it's the behavior, not the word, that's offensive.



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    I thought it was "faggit", not "faggot" but either ways it's offensive.



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    IMO, if you're saying it to be mean, yeah I get offended. I HATE the word "dyke" any way that it's used. I just think it's a horrible word. Even when someone says it jokingly it still irritates me cause there's nothing funny about it. At least "fag" is kind of humorous. My teammates will tell gay jokes, and I don't get bothered b/c I know they love me, and if someone ever made derogatory comments like that to me, they'd kick ass, like have done in the past. To me, it's a context thing.
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    Oh, I think it is. I can't possess myself to say Nigga in the friend sense, although I have a white friend that can.

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    Well,since the topic is offensive words,I have a question for the woman ,Do you take offense when a sales person,in this case a girl,who looks about your age calls you maam?Well today,I was at home depot with my so,and this little twit called memaam,so I smiled and said,why I don't look that old do I?and she smirked and continued saying,to her son who was behind the counter,I think she looks like a maam,don't you,and sorta laughing and mocking me.It made me so mad,How could she do that,especially,cosidering,She is suppose to be a supervisor or some shit.I fealt embarrassed in front of my boyfriend,and went off on the bitch,was I wrong?

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    Context, always context. Mind you, I'm an Aussie, and we take the piss out of one another all the time. ("Taking the piss" - To tease an friend/associate by making derogatory remarks in an effort to encourage them to find their own foibles amusing.) Hehe, god I write like a tosser sometimes. ("Tosser" - One who masturbates excessively)

    The same word from friends, or said in a certain way, is amusing and/or a compliment. From strangers or said in a hostile way, an insult. Mind you, you need to make sure the person you're saying it to understands what you're doing.

    (There's a great story about an incident that happened between the English and Australian cricket teams. They're walking off the pitch, and one of the Aussie players says to one of the Brits, "Good game, you bastard." A little while later, the English captain knocks on the door of the Aussie locker room with his player in tow, and asks to speak to the Australian captain. He comes to the door and is confronted by a slightly miffed Pom. "Excuse me, I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but one of your players called my player a 'bastard'." The Aussie captain blinks, turns around and yells, "Oy! Which one of you bastards called this bastard here a bastard?")

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    I think any word that is used to stereo-type a group of people is offensive.

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    I think both are offensive.



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    Quote Originally Posted by bambiblue
    I think any word that is used to stereo-type a group of people is offensive.
    Often - but again, you have to take context into consideration. Case in point: Blood-wise, I'm half German, half-Chinese. My mates call me the nazi chink - but if a stranger called me a chink, I'd be prying his teeth out of my hand.

    The use of the word 'nigga' is another prime example of contextual appropriateness. Many homosexuals I know call each other 'fags'. The list goes on...

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    I think if they're used in a way to try and offend, then yes, they're offensive.

    I like Kym's answer there. If someone knows you, and you know they're kidding around, there's no need to take offense to it. But if it's someone who hasn't a clue who you are, then yeah, I'd level them.

    I have a lesbian friend at my work. She openly refers to herself as a "Dyke", but there was an incident last week where someone got mad at her for some reason and said "Fucking Dyke". We had to hold her back.. Literally.

    I've heard many people use the expression "Smoke a fag" when referring to having a cigarette. It's not offensive in my opinion. Some British lingo is picked up here in the States, and it sticks. Years ago, when I didn't know what it meant, I thought it was quite offensive. But, after I found out the reference, it was amusing to me.

    I used to frequent Paltalk quite a few years ago, and I picked up tons of sayings from different places. One of my faves are "Bugger off" (Sod Off, etc..) It's not quite the same without hearing the accent along with it though.. ::le sigh::

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    Yes

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    LOL Alice. That one's kind of rough though. I'm from Louisiana, where if you don't say "ma'am/sir" you're likely to get backhanded. It's a habit/respect thing for me. I say "ma'am/sir" to damn near everybody. I even catch myself saying it to strippers (I wish I had photos of some of their expressions). It's not that I'm trying to make them feel old or disrespect them, it's quite the opposite. I was told by one of my teammates that you don't say ma'am/sir up here, but I can't break that habit. It's been driven into me by my parents, teachers, and community back home, plus I'm a respectful person, so why not?

    That clerk was most likely trying to get your goat. Her boss probably gets on her ass about being polite to customers and she was making a joke out of it. Either that or she just wanted to have some fun with you.
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    Here's another one. My mom calls pretty much any young person (and by young I mean like under 40) she talks to "honey" or "hon", like "honey can I help you?". She says it to me, my siblings, my nieces and nephews, to people who walk into her business. She even called my baseball teammates that when I was in Little League. Ewww!!


    Obviously, she means nothing derogatory by it, and no one seems offended. Its just that the world has just become a much more impersonal and hypersensitive place than it was when she was brought up, (she's 74 and grandmotherly BTW so she can sort of get away with this).

    You just don't see people call each other "honey" outside family/SO type relationships in this day and age. You can certainly imagine the "what did you say?!" reaction such a word would get from a female if my father, brothers, or I were to use it. Sexual harrassment complaints have been filed over a hell of a lot less.
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