"Gay" and "Retarded"
 

Just a question for those of you that live outside of Utah. Do people where you live use the words "gay" and "retarded" like they do here? Utahns don't seem to know the difference between lame, dumb, stupid, silly as opposed to gay and retarded. Personally, I think it's gay that people are so retarded.

I believe it a youngster thing around most of the country, including here in Utah.

But then, I'm neither gay or retarded.

Retarded yes, gay no. In fact those who use "gay" usually get criticized with something along the lines of, "what are we, in seventh grade?"

That's interesting that in San Diego they're enlightened enough not to use "gay" but still use "retarded." Hm. I wonder why.

Both terms are used all the time here in Oklahoma. By kids and adults alike. But we're not exactly the center of the politically-correct world.

My seventh grader does use both terms, sometimes in the same sentence toward the same person.

It usually goes like this,

Aaron, "Thor, stop being gay, you dumb retard."

Thor, "I am not retard and I like girls and you don't." (eight year old)

Usually, thereafter it degenerates from there into a fistfight.

I hear kids call someone gay all of the time here in San Diego. I don't hear adults do it too often.

Personally, I have developed the bad habit of saying that someone who looks ridiculous "looks like a homo.(which my macabre sense of humor finds hilarious)" I have tried to drop this except among select company, but it has slipped out a few times. Like the time I looked in the mirror and saw that I was having a bad hair day and I yelled "why didn't anyone tell me that my hair made me look like a homo?" with my cousin, who really is a homo standing right there. I turned red, but she thought it was hysterically funny, and she has called me "homo hair" ever since. She is cool like that.

Because we're all confessing:

I don't use the term "gay" any more as a synonym for "lame" but I did use that all the time in high school. I tend to use the word "moron", as in "you stupid moron!" rather than the term "retard" but not because I'm worried about offending anyone's sensitivities - "moron" just comes out more naturally than "retard".

At one place I worked, the term "fagged together" was used to describe something that was hastily thrown together - a duct tape and bailing wire type of solution. That eventually morphed into something having a "faggy" design or architecture. I try not to use these terms now; however, they occasionally slip out when heatedly debating the merits of some technical design with my colleagues.

I do use the term "riced out" to describe cars from Asian manufacturers that are, you know, riced out. I also use the term "weezer" to describe things that are sterotypically Chinese/Taiwanese ("weezer" is a derivation from the word "Taiwanese"). That was a popular underground term (outlawed by the Mission President) in the Taiwan missions back in my day.

Personally I think it's gay and retarded if someone CHOOSES to be offended when someone uses these words.

For example...I just got a 3 day suspension on Cooterboard by Jefe for using the word "gay" in a "derogatory" tone.

That's massively gay. :)

I just got 3 days for calling crimedog a douche bag, however i am rethinking now that gay and retard would have better fit his comments.

Gay, retarded, and douche, while once funny insults, are now passé. I like to call people turkeys. Although a little rough, it's an insult that cuts to the core.

LOL, good call. My new favorite of a long line of insults is asshat. It gets the point across, but can still be used in polite company. :p

Asshat. Now that's a potent insult. I would never want to be accused of being an ass that doubles as a hat.

Yeah, but the gold standard of insults will always be "asshole".

I believe Don and Mike sell an asshat on their website.

All the variations on ass are good ones.

I personally favor jackass. timeless classic.

I have a friend that uses assmuncher.

Lately I've just been refering to morons as GWs. Seems to get to the point.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned an age old favorite, "asswipe."

Or assclown as used by Michael Bolton from Office Space.

I still think Douchebag gets the point across better than any other term.

I like homemade insults that are unwieldy but mean something to me. A few of my favorites are "asshead" "dickass" and "douchenuke", although the latter of these was concieved through the slurred speech of my drunken brother so I cannot take credit.

Penis wrinkle always makes me giggle.

I like Crimedog

I do too, but i still think his comments were something a "gay, retarded, douche bag" would say

Clue me in - what does GW stand for?

Ahh - never mind, just got it - GW as in George W Bush.

Man, I love that movie. We still do Lumbergh impressions around the office every now and then. Also, the guy in the cube next to mine is Drew's twin brother. Every office has a "Drew".

GW is a serious moron. What kind of an idiot would marry a librarian? ;-)

Nice one, Y!

I'll have to ask Jason. About this time (8 years in), he's probably starting to wonder the same thing!! :)

"Douche bag" used to get my ass kicked on a regular basis. My parents were not fans of that one. Don't even get me started on the time I called my brother a dildo.

My cousin made up his own: "Anal flea"

That sounds really itchy.

If your avatar picture is any indication, I think I know why.

My best friend used this one often at BYU, but apparently some of the Provo girls had a problem with it so he started saying "wenis prinkle" instead, apparently as a form of appeasement. That always made me laugh.

Renob was a high school favorite of mine. It's boner spelled backwards. Clever, I know. I haven't used it in some time.

The insult penis wrinkle is a classic. It was first used by David when he called out Goliath for being uncircumcized.