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Please post a word(s) that has different meaning than it did 10 plus years ago?



Posted - September 11, 2017

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  • 13071
    Gay 10 plus years ago meant happy.
    Gay now means homosexual.
      September 11, 2017 6:59 PM MDT
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  • 7126
      September 11, 2017 7:01 PM MDT
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  • 13071
      September 11, 2017 7:06 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Wat is that...the skull and ...??
      September 11, 2017 8:00 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    It's Homer Simpson's X-ray Veena.  It's his skull with a tiny little brain in the middle of it. 
      September 11, 2017 8:20 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Yes Venna.K, Henry is correct, that is an x-ray of a pea brain. ;+
      September 12, 2017 12:08 PM MDT
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  • Good one :) thank you , Carb.
      September 11, 2017 7:01 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    The pleasure is all mine Jaimie. ;P
      September 11, 2017 7:04 PM MDT
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  • :)
      September 11, 2017 7:06 PM MDT
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  • 17620
    Gay still means happy.  I make a point of using it in the correct context.   The homosexual meaning is an additional meaning.  We shouldn't, in my opinion, allow words to be hijacked to the exclusive use of the hijacker. 
      September 12, 2017 9:15 AM MDT
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  • 7126
    Dope
    Sick
    Tight
    Block
    Cloud
    Follow
    Like
    Friend
    Tablet
    Tag
      September 11, 2017 7:14 PM MDT
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  • Nice list! Thank you :)
      September 11, 2017 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 53531

    Text

      September 11, 2017 7:22 PM MDT
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  • Thank you :)What did that word used to mean though?
      September 11, 2017 7:24 PM MDT
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  • 53531

    It used to merely mean written words on a page. 
    ~
      September 11, 2017 7:27 PM MDT
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  • Thank you 
      September 11, 2017 7:27 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    "Protest" (as in "methinks the ladu does protest too much")
    In Shakespeares time it was not about opposing what someone else was saying more like "making promises"
      September 11, 2017 7:27 PM MDT
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  • Oh :) i would think that even in that context means same as does now. I think I'm reading it wrong then, thanks:)
      September 11, 2017 7:30 PM MDT
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  • It meant more along the lines of "affirm". One could say "I protest my innocence", meaning that one affirms it and maintains it. Now it would seem to mean you object to your own innocence. 
      September 11, 2017 10:42 PM MDT
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  • Thanks Nevan :) that makes sense for me.
      September 14, 2017 8:08 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Georgia Peach.
      September 11, 2017 7:31 PM MDT
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  • LOL:) in the words of ´Veena´ " ummmmmm what?" ;)
      September 11, 2017 7:34 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I have to whisper it in your ear.  I don't wanna to be censored.



    ( Georgia Peach = a$$) ;-)


    This post was edited by Harry at September 11, 2017 7:41 PM MDT
      September 11, 2017 7:37 PM MDT
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  • lmfao:) i actually thought I knew had good guess what it meant and was kidding .... but that was not what I was thinking at all:) VAGINA!!!! I was thinking vagina .... I hate that word ... VAGINA .... vagina.
      September 11, 2017 7:40 PM MDT
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