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From: hartwell@CSL-Vax.ARPA (Steve Hartwell)
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Subject: Re: gay?? really??
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Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 00:44:48 EDT
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Ah, now THERE's some fun...  I'd love to compile a list of euphamisms
used for 'gay' when describing someone you know to another gay person,
while protecting his/her right to privacy in case you are overheard.
Or just to be whimsical.

Most gay men know "Oh, he's 'family'.".  I have used, on occasion,
"He's a member of the church".  That has Victorian roots (ala Oscar Wilde),
supposedly explaining why a man 35 years old hasn't gotten married yet.
Also Victorian is "musical", though I've never heard it used in speech.

There must be others.  Anybody know of any?
-- 
Steve Hartwell, Computer Science Lab, Stanford University
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