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Originally posted by bohor@Feb 18 2005, 01:20 PM
Well the word bitch, for example isn't at all insulting nowadays(bad behind bitch).. and the word gay, once it had a meaning for someone who is a homosexual, but nowadays, it still has that meaning, but it's also used for something that is boring, stupid (like: that was a gay cartoon).
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Well, bitch originally meant a female dog, so I believe this is actually a case of 'a good word turned worse', despite it being widely used to with other things than just nasty women these days.
Also, the word 'gay' has gone through the same, as the original meaning is playful. An example can be found from this old newspaper excerpt (that my girlfriend loathes):
http://koti.mbnet.fi/herd/pictures/goodwife.jpg